'Reject' in the Bible

You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,

When My Angel goes before you and brings you to [the land of] the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, I will reject them and completely destroy them.

I will place My residence among you, and I will not reject you.

if you reject My statutes and despise My ordinances, and do not observe all My commands—and break My covenant,

I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your dead bodies on the lifeless bodies of your idols; I will reject you.

Yet in spite of this, while they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or abhor them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them, since I am Yahweh their God.

You must not worship or serve them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God. I punish the sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons for the sin of the fathers who reject me,

Then the Lord said to Moses, "You are about to die, and then these people will begin to prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land into which they are going. They will reject me and break my covenant that I have made with them.

For after I have brought them to the land I promised to their ancestors -- one flowing with milk and honey -- and they eat their fill and become fat, then they will turn to other gods and worship them; they will reject me and break my covenant.

He said, "I will reject them, I will see what will happen to them; for they are a perverse generation, children who show no loyalty.

for a sin of divination is rebellion, and iniquity and teraphim is stubbornness; because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, He also doth reject thee from being king.'

And Samuel saith unto Saul, 'I do not turn back with thee; for thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth reject thee from being king over Israel.'

For I am aware of all his regulations, and I do not reject his rules.

I will cut off Israel from the land I gave them, and I will reject the temple I have sanctified for My name. Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.

and reject His statutes and His covenant that He made with their fathers, and His testimonies that He testified against them, and go after the vain thing, and become vain, and after the nations that are round about them, of whom Jehovah commanded them not to do like them;

For the Lord had said, “I will also remove Judah from My sight just as I have removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, that I have chosen, and the temple about which I said, ‘My name will be there.’”

“As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

Lord God, do not reject Your anointed one;remember the loyalty of Your servant David.

He met Asa and told him, "Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you when you are loyal to him. If you seek him, he will respond to you, but if you reject him, he will reject you.

For if you return to the Lord, your brothers and sons will be shown mercy by their captors and return to this land. The Lord your God is merciful and compassionate; he will not reject you if you return to him."

See how happy the man is God corrects;so do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.

Look, God does not reject a person of integrity,and He will not support evildoers.

Is it good for You to oppress,to reject the work of Your hands,and favor the plans of the wicked?

I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn't reject the light of my face.

Is it your opinion that God should recompense it, because you reject this? But you must choose, and not I, so tell us what you know.

Why does the wicked man reject God? He says to himself, "You will not hold me accountable."

For I am aware of all his regulations, and I do not reject his rules.

Do not reject me! Do not push your servant away in anger! You are my deliverer! Do not forsake or abandon me, O God who vindicates me!

Even on his bed he makes malicious plans.He sets himself on a path that is not goodand does not reject evil.

For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?

Wake up, Lord! Why are You sleeping?Get up! Don’t reject us forever!

For you hate instruction and reject my words.

Carefully consider this, you who reject God! Otherwise I will rip you to shreds and no one will be able to rescue you.

Do not reject me! Do not take your Holy Spirit away from me!

The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit -- O God, a humble and repentant heart you will not reject.

God deserves praise, for he did not reject my prayer or abandon his love for me!

Do not reject me in my old age! When my strength fails, do not abandon me!

“Will the Lord reject foreverand never again show favor?

Lord, why do You reject me?Why do You hide Your face from me?

If his sons reject my law and disobey my regulations,

And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed,

For Yahweh won't reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, and does not reject their request.

Rage seizes me because of the wickedwho reject Your instruction.

They have almost destroyed me here on the earth, but I do not reject your precepts.

You reject all who stray from Your statutes,for their deceit is a lie.

Because of Your servant David,do not reject Your anointed one.

Answer me quickly, Lord! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,

My son, do not reject the LORD's discipline, and do not despise his correction,

My son, keep your father’s command,and don’t reject your mother’s teaching.

The LORD won't cause the righteous to hunger, but he will reject what the wicked crave.

Those who reject the law praise the wicked,but those who keep the law battle against them.

By the time he learns to reject what is bad and choose what is good, he will be eating butter and honey.

For before the boy knows to reject what is bad and choose what is good, the land of the two kings you dread will be abandoned.

Therefore, this is what the Holy One of Israel says: "Because you reject this message, and put your trust in oppression and enjoy it, and since you rely on it,

For on that day, every one of you will reject the silver and gold idols that your own hands have sinfully made.

They seek me day after day; they want to know my requirements, like a nation that does what is right and does not reject the law of their God. They ask me for just decrees; they want to be near God.

But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God; your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers.

Your own wickedness will bring about your punishment. Your unfaithful acts will bring down discipline on you. Know, then, and realize how utterly harmful it was for you to reject me, the Lord your God, to show no respect for me," says the Lord God who rules over all.

And you, devastated one, what are you doingthat you dress yourself in scarlet,that you adorn yourself with gold jewelry,that you enlarge your eyes with paint?You beautify yourself for nothing.Your lovers reject you;they want to take your life.

They're called reject silver, because the LORD has rejected them.

So, mourn, you people of this nation. Cut off your hair and throw it away. Sing a song of mourning on the hilltops. For the Lord has decided to reject and forsake this generation that has provoked his wrath!'"

They continually say to those who reject what the Lord has said, 'Things will go well for you!' They say to all those who follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts, 'Nothing bad will happen to you!'

This is what the Lord says:If the heavens above can be measuredand the foundations of the earth below explored,I will reject all of Israel’s descendantsbecause of all they have done—this is the Lord’s declaration.

Hast thou not considered what this people have spoken, saying: The two families on which Jehovah fixed, He doth reject them, And my people they despise -- So that they are no more a people before them!

then I might also reject the seed of Jacob and of My servant David—not taking from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Instead, I will restore their fortunes and have compassion on them.”

כ KafFor the Lordwill not reject us forever.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

My God will reject thembecause they have not listened to Him;they will become wanderers among the nations.

“I hate, I reject your festivals,Nor do I delight in your solemn assemblies.

The Lord God has sworn [an oath] by Himself—the Lord God of hosts, says:“I loathe and reject the [self-centered] arrogance of Jacob (Israel),And I hate his palaces and citadels;Therefore, I shall hand over the [idolatrous] city [of Samaria] with all that it contains [to the Assyrian invaders].”

Now hear this, you heads of the house of JacobAnd rulers of the house of Israel,Who hate and reject justiceAnd twist everything that is straight,

But you say, “Why [does He reject it]?” Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously. Yet she is your marriage companion and the wife of your covenant [made by your vows].