Dictionary of Bible Themes
Rejecting God angers and grieves him. To reject God can be to reject all the benefits of the gospel, and can lead to judgment and punishment.
Genesis 6:6Rejection grieves God
God rejected as Creator
Ezekiel 6:9See also
God rejected as a husband
Jeremiah 2:2; 3:20; 31:32Hosea 1:2Hosea 11:1-4See also
God rejected as a father
Deuteronomy 32:18Jeremiah 3:19; 31:20Isaiah 5:4See also
God rejected by Israel, his vineyard
Jeremiah 2:21Ezra 8:22Rejection angers God and brings his wrath
John 3:36See also
Leviticus 26:27-282 Chronicles 36:16Zechariah 7:12Romans 2:8Jeremiah 1:16The results of rejecting God
John 12:48Judgment
See also
Leviticus 26:14-17Psalms 50:22
Proverbs 1:24-26Isaiah 28:22Jeremiah 6:19; 15:6; 26:4-6Amos 2:4-5John 3:18-19Deuteronomy 32:19Psalms 78:59; 119:118
God rejects his people
Jeremiah 6:30; 7:29Hosea 9:7Hosea 4:6Matthew 10:33God rejects those who reject him
See also
1 Chronicles 28:9pp Lk 12:9
2 Chronicles 15:2Luke 9:26Deuteronomy 31:17-18; 32:20Psalms 88:14
God hides his face
Isaiah 1:15Micah 3:4Leviticus 26:311 Kings 9:6-7God rejects the sanctuary and its worship
Lamentations 2:7Ezekiel 7:24; 10:18-19; 11:22-23pp 2Ch 7:19-20
2 Kings 17:18-20,23; 23:27; 24:3,20God's people are removed from his presence into exile
Jeremiah 7:15; 15:1pp Jer 52:3
Romans 9:13Examples of others rejected by God
Malachi 1:2-3Esau:
1 Samuel 15:23,26; 16:1; 28:15-16Jeremiah 22:24-25Saul:
Jehoiachin
Leviticus 26:44God's rejection is not final
Romans 11:15See also
1 Samuel 12:222 Chronicles 7:14Psalms 66:20
Isaiah 41:9; 49:21; 54:5-8Jeremiah 31:37; 33:24-26Zechariah 10:6Romans 11:1,25-29See also
1025 God, anger of1125 God, righteousness1310 God as judge2426 gospel, responses5482 punishment5780 advisers6124 condemnation6629 conversion, examples7215 exile, the9165 restoration9210 judgment, God's9530 Hades 
