• 1 Peter 2:5-9
  you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture,
  "Behold, I lay in Zion
  A chief cornerstone, elect, precious,
  And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame." Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient,
  "The stone which the builders rejected
  Has become the chief cornerstone," and
  "A stone of stumbling
  And a rock of offense." They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed. But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
   

Related Scriptures

• Isaiah 66:2
  For all those things My hand has made,
  And all those things exist,"
  Says the LORD.
  "But on this one will I look:
  On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit,
  And who trembles at My word.
  
   
• Ephesians 2:10
  For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
   
• Hebrews 4:13
  And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
   
• Deuteronomy 6:5
  You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
   
• Matthew 7:21-23
  "Not everyone who says to Me, "Lord, Lord," shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, "Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?" And then I will declare to them, "I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!"
   
• 1 Corinthians 12:28
  And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues.
   
• Hosea 4:6
  My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
  Because you have rejected knowledge,
  I also will reject you from being priest for Me;
  Because you have forgotten the law of your God,
  I also will forget your children.