What Does the Bible Say About Being Left Out?

Luke 6:22 ESV / 92 helpful votes

“Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man!

Psalm 147:3 ESV / 67 helpful votes

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Psalm 27:10 ESV / 42 helpful votes

For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will take me in.

Leviticus 20:26 ESV / 36 helpful votes

You shall be holy to me, for I the Lord am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.

Isaiah 61:1-2 ESV / 26 helpful votes

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;

John 1:9-14 ESV / 20 helpful votes

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. ...

Matthew 24:41 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 17 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Matthew 25:46 ESV / 15 helpful votes

And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

John 3:16 ESV / 14 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 25:41 ESV / 11 helpful votes

“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Revelation 2:1-29 ESV / 7 helpful votes

“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. “‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary. But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. ...

Daniel 3:1-4:37 ESV / 7 helpful votes

King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits and its breadth six cubits. He set it up on the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. Then the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces gathered for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. And they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. And the herald proclaimed aloud, “You are commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages, that when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, you are to fall down and worship the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. ...

Psalm 20:1-24:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob protect you! May he send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion! May he remember all your offerings and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah May he grant you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans! May we shout for joy over your salvation, and in the name of our God set up our banners! May the Lord fulfill all your petitions! ...

Revelation 3:7-13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens. “‘I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you. Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth. I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. ...

John 3:16-17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Matthew 4:1-11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple ...

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Psalm 139:1-24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. ...

Hebrews 4:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

Philippians 2:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

Jeremiah 1:1-52:34 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, and until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month. Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” ...

John 1:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

Lamentations 5:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But you, O Lord, reign forever; your throne endures to all generations.

Proverbs 4:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.

1 Corinthians 9:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do I say these things on human authority? Does not the Law say the same?

1 Corinthians 9:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you, for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

John 10:28-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one.”

John 1:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 1:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He was in the beginning with God.

Luke 24:50-51 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven.

Luke 24:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

Luke 9:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing over them. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd. And they all ate and were satisfied. And what was left over was picked up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.

Luke 4:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry.

Mark 10:29-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.

Proverbs 25:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.

Proverbs 25:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the heart of kings is unsearchable.

Proverbs 4:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching.

Psalm 18:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Job 1:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

Job 1:1-12:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. There were born to him seven sons and three daughters. He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys, and very many servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the east. His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually. ...

42 Bible Verses about Being Left Out

Luke 6:22 ESV / 92 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 147:3 ESV / 67 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 27:10 ESV / 42 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Leviticus 20:26 ESV / 36 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 61:1-2 ESV / 26 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:9-14 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 24:41 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 1:9 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 25:46 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 25:41 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 2:1-29 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Daniel 3:1-4:37 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 20:1-24:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 3:7-13 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16-17 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 4:1-11 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 139:1-24 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 4:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 2:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 1:1-52:34 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Lamentations 5:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 4:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 9:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 9:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 10:28-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 24:50-51 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 24:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 9:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 4:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 10:29-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 25:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 25:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 4:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 18:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 1:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 1:1-12:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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