1 Peter 2:6

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Because of this, Scripture asserts: "Behold, I am setting in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious. And whoever will have believed in him will not be confounded."

Cross References

Genesis 49:24

His bow sits in strength, and the bands of his arms and hands have been let loose by the hands of the mighty one of Jacob. From there he went forth as a pastor, the stone of Israel.

Psalm 40:14

Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for all generations and even forever. Amen. Amen.

Isaiah 28:16

For this reason, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will set a stone within the foundations of Zion, a tested stone, a cornerstone, a precious stone, which has been established in the foundation: whoever trusts in him need not hurry.

Isaiah 41:11

Behold, all who fight against you shall be confounded and ashamed. They will be as if they did not exist, and the men who contradict you will perish.

Isaiah 42:1

Behold my servant, I will uphold him, my elect, with him my soul is well-pleased. I have sent my Spirit upon him. He will offer judgment to the nations.

Isaiah 46:13

I have brought my justice near. It will not be far away, and my salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation in Zion, and my glory in Israel.

Isaiah 50:7

The Lord God is my helper. Therefore, I have not been confounded. Therefore, I have set my face like a very hard rock, and I know that I will not be confounded.

Isaiah 54:4

Do not be afraid! For you will not be confounded, and you will not blush. And you will not be put to shame, because you shall forget the confusion of your youth, and you shall no longer remember the disgrace of your widowhood.

Daniel 10:21

But, in truth, I announce to you what is expressed in the scripture of truth. And no one is my helper in all these things, except Michael your leader."

Zechariah 10:4

From him will go forth the angle, from him the wooden peg, from him the bow of battle, from him every exactor at the same time.

Matthew 12:18

"Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased. I will place my Spirit over him, and he shall announce judgment to the nations.

Mark 12:10

"And so, have you not read this scripture?: 'The stone which the builders have rejected, the same has been made the head of the corner.

Luke 20:17

Then, gazing at them, he said: "Then what does this mean, which is written: 'The stone which the builders have rejected, the same has become the head of the corner?'

Luke 23:35

And people were standing near, watching. And the leaders among them derided him, saying: "He saved others. Let him save himself, if this one is the Christ, the elect of God."

John 7:38

whoever believes in me, just as Scripture says, 'From his chest shall flow rivers of living water.' "

Acts 1:16

"Noble brothers, the Scripture must be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit predicted by the mouth of David about Judas, who was the leader of those who apprehended Jesus.

Romans 10:11

For Scripture says: "All those who believe in him shall not be confounded."

Ephesians 1:4

just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, so that we would be holy and immaculate in his sight, in charity.

Ephesians 2:20

having been built upon the foundation of the Apostles and of the Prophets, with Jesus Christ himself as the preeminent cornerstone.

2 Timothy 3:16

All Scripture, having been divinely inspired, is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in justice,

1 Peter 2:4

And approaching him as if he were a living stone, rejected by men, certainly, but elect and honored by God,

1 Peter 2:8

and a stone of offense, and a rock of scandal, to those who are offended by the Word; neither do they believe, though they also have been built upon him.

2 Peter 1:20

Understand this first: that every prophecy of Scripture does not result from one's own interpretation.

2 Peter 3:16

just as he also spoke in all of his epistles about these things. In these, there are certain things which are difficult to understand, which the unlearned and the unsteady distort, as they also do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.