22 (A)The stone, which the builders [a]refused, is the head of the corner.

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  1. Psalm 118:22 Though Saul and the chief powers refused me to be King, yet God hath preferred me above them all.

14 And he shall be as a [a]Sanctuary: but as a stumbling stone, and as a rock to fall upon, to both the houses of Israel, and as a snare and as a net to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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  1. Isaiah 8:14 He will defend you which are his elect, and reject all the rest, which is meant of Christ, against whom the Jews should stumble and fall, Luke 2:34; Rom. 9:33; 1 Pet. 2:7, 8.

16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lay in Zion a stone, a [a]tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation. He that believeth, [b]shall not make haste.

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  1. Isaiah 28:16 That is, Christ, by whom all the building must be tried and upheld, Ps. 118:22; Matt. 21:42; Acts 4:11; Rom. 9:33; 1 Pet. 2:6.
  2. Isaiah 28:16 He shall be quiet, and seek none other remedies, but be content with Christ.

[a]Wherefore also it is contained in the Scripture, (A)Behold, I put in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect and precious, and he that believeth therein, shall not be ashamed.

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  1. 1 Peter 2:6 He proveth it by the testimony of the Prophet Isaiah.

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