1Sa 2:30, 26:21, 2Ki 1:13, Psa 116:15, 1Pe 2:4, 7 | ESV | STEP | Therefore the Lord , the God of Israel , declares : I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever , but now the Lord declares : Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor , and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed .

1 Samuel 2:30

30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ^a‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ ^bbut now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

1 Samuel 26:21

21 Then Saul said, ^c“I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Behold, I have acted foolishly, and have made a great mistake.”

2 Kings 1:13

13 Again the king sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up and came and fell on his knees before Elijah and entreated him, “O man of God, please let my life, and the life of these fifty servants of yours, ^dbe precious in your sight.

Psalms 116:15

15 ^ePrecious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his ^fsaints.

1 Peter 2:4

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

1 Peter 2:7

7 So the honor is for you who ^hbelieve, but for those who ⁱdo not believe,

^j“The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,” ^{▼▼Greek the head of the corner}