Romans 11:20
All well and good—but they were broken off because of their failure to trust in God, and you stay there because you trust in God. So don't think highly of yourselves, but be respectful,
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In Context
19You could make the claim, “Branches were broken off so I could be grafted in.”
21because if God didn't spare the original branches, he won't spare you either.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:20They got up early the next morning and went to the desert of Tekoa. As they left, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Listen to me, people of Judah and Jerusalem. Trust in the Lord your God, and you will be vindicated; trust in his prophets, and you will be successful.”
Proverbs 28:14Blessed are those who always respect the Lord, but those who are stubborn end up in a lot of trouble.
Isaiah 2:11Those who look with arrogance will be brought low; those who are proud will be humbled. On that day only the Lord will be lifted high.
Isaiah 7:9The head of Israel is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you don't trust in me, then you won't survive.”
Habakkuk 2:4Look at those who are proud! They do not live right. But those who live right do so through their trust in God.
Luke 18:14I tell you, it was this man who went home right in God's sight and not the other. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, while those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
Matthew Henry on Romans 11:2-33
The State of the Jews; The State of the Gentiles; The Gentiles Warned; The Future Conversion of the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my… Read the whole commentary →