1 Peter 2:4

Modern English Version

Coming to Him as to a living stone who is rejected by men, but chosen by God and precious,

Cross References

Isaiah 28:16

Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I lay in Zion a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, firmly placed; he who believes shall not act hastily.

Isaiah 42:1

Behold My servant, whom I uphold, My chosen one, in whom My soul delights. I have put My Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth justice to the nations.

Isaiah 55:3

Incline your ear, and come to Me. Listen, so that your soul may live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

Jeremiah 3:22

Return, O backsliding sons, and I will heal your backslidings. “Behold, we come to You, for You are the Lord our God.

Daniel 2:34

You watched until a stone was cut out without hands which struck the image upon its feet, which were of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces.

Daniel 2:45

Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter. And the dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”

Zechariah 3:9

The stone that I have set before Joshua, on that single stone are seven eyes. And I will engrave an inscription, says the Lord of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in one day.

Zechariah 4:7

“Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will be made level ground, and he will bring out the top stone amidst shouting of ‘Grace! Grace to the stone!’ ”

Matthew 11:28

“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 12:18

“Behold, My Servant, whom I have chosen, My Beloved, in whom My soul is well pleased; I will put My Spirit upon Him, and He will render judgment to the Gentiles.

Matthew 21:42

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’ ?

John 14:19

Yet a little while and the world will see Me no more. But you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also.

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

John 5:26

For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has given to the Son to have life in Himself,

John 5:40

Yet you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.

John 6:37

All whom the Father gives Me will come to Me, and he who comes to Me I will never cast out.

John 6:57

As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on Me also will live because of Me.

Romans 5:10

For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, how much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by His life!

1 Corinthians 3:11

For no one can lay another foundation than that which was laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Colossians 3:4

When Christ who is our life shall appear, then you also shall appear with Him in glory.

1 Peter 1:19

but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

1 Peter 1:7

in order that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tried by fire, may be found to result in praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

1 Peter 2:7

Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious. But to those who are disobedient, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”

2 Peter 1:1

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith as precious as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 1:4

by which He has given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, so that through these things you might become partakers of the divine nature and escape the corruption that is in the world through lust.