What Does the Bible Say About Overcoming Rejection?

John 1:11 ESV / 114 helpful votes

He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.

Luke 6:22 ESV / 110 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!

Romans 8:28 ESV / 104 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Psalm 27:10 ESV / 100 helpful votes

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

Romans 8:31 ESV / 98 helpful votes

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 95 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Matthew 10:14 ESV / 85 helpful votes

And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town.

Isaiah 53:4-6 ESV / 76 helpful votes

Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 58 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Isaiah 49:15 ESV / 53 helpful votes

“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you.

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 52 helpful votes

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

1 Peter 2:4 ESV / 47 helpful votes

As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious,

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 42 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 38 helpful votes

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Isaiah 41:13 ESV / 33 helpful votes

For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Fear not, I am the one who helps you.”

Matthew 18:1-35 ESV / 32 helpful votes

At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, ...

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 32 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Matthew 13:54-58 ESV / 30 helpful votes

And coming to his hometown he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?” And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.” And he did not do many mighty works there, because of their unbelief.

Matthew 5:44 ESV / 26 helpful votes

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 25 helpful votes

“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.”

2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV / 24 helpful votes

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Matthew 21:42 ESV / 24 helpful votes

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

Isaiah 43:4 ESV / 24 helpful votes

Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life.

Romans 15:13 ESV / 23 helpful votes

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

Matthew 18:10 ESV / 23 helpful votes

“See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

Deuteronomy 31:8 ESV / 23 helpful votes

It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”

Isaiah 41:9 ESV / 22 helpful votes

You whom I took from the ends of the earth, and called from its farthest corners, saying to you, “You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you off”;

Proverbs 29:25 ESV / 22 helpful votes

The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.

1 Peter 2:23 ESV / 21 helpful votes

When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.

2 Corinthians 4:9 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;

Isaiah 53:3 ESV / 20 helpful votes

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Psalm 94:14 ESV / 19 helpful votes

For the Lord will not forsake his people; he will not abandon his heritage;

Isaiah 40:11 ESV / 17 helpful votes

He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.

Hebrews 13:6 ESV / 16 helpful votes

So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”

Luke 17:25 ESV / 16 helpful votes

But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

Psalm 37:4 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 15 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Luke 12:7 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.

1 John 3:1 ESV / 13 helpful votes

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

Romans 8:38-39 ESV / 13 helpful votes

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 6:37 ESV / 12 helpful votes

All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 12 helpful votes

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Leviticus 26:11 ESV / 12 helpful votes

I will make my dwelling among you, and my soul shall not abhor you.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 11 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 11 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Jeremiah 30:17 ESV / 11 helpful votes

For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal, declares the Lord, because they have called you an outcast: ‘It is Zion, for whom no one cares!’

Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”

Ephesians 1:3-6 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.

Psalm 56:11 ESV / 10 helpful votes

In God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 9 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Romans 5:8-10 ESV / 9 helpful votes

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

1 Samuel 15:23 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you from being king.”

Romans 8:1 ESV / 8 helpful votes

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Romans 5:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

John 12:48 ESV / 8 helpful votes

The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

Psalm 55:18 ESV / 8 helpful votes

He redeems my soul in safety from the battle that I wage, for many are arrayed against me.

Psalm 27:1 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Romans 15:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.

Proverbs 16:4 ESV / 7 helpful votes

The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.

Psalm 88:14 ESV / 7 helpful votes

O Lord, why do you cast my soul away? Why do you hide your face from me?

Psalm 77:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes

“Will the Lord spurn forever, and never again be favorable?

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Ephesians 1:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

To the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.

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.

Mark 16:9-20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

[[Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it. After these things he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country. And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them. ...

Exodus 14:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”

Psalm 118:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

67 Bible Verses about Overcoming Rejection

John 1:11 ESV / 114 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 6:22 ESV / 110 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:28 ESV / 104 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 27:10 ESV / 100 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:31 ESV / 98 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 95 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 10:14 ESV / 85 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 53:4-6 ESV / 76 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 58 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 49:15 ESV / 53 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 52 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 2:4 ESV / 47 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 42 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 38 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 41:13 ESV / 33 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 18:1-35 ESV / 32 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 32 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 13:54-58 ESV / 30 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:44 ESV / 26 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 25 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 21:42 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 43:4 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 15:13 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 18:10 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 31:8 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 41:9 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 29:25 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 2:23 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 4:9 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 53:3 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 94:14 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 40:11 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 13:6 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 17:25 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 37:4 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 12:7 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 3:1 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:38-39 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 6:37 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Leviticus 26:11 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Jeremiah 30:17 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 1:3-6 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 56:11 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 5:8-10 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Samuel 15:23 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:1 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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John 12:48 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 55:18 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 27:1 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 15:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 16:4 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 88:14 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

Mark 16:9-20 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 14:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 118:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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