Stumbling

You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.

For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.

And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.

These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.

Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.

Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; fathers and sons alike will be staggered; friends and neighbors will perish.”

Now if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die in his sin, and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. And I will hold you responsible for his blood.

They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.

“Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I consult with them in any way?

Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him according to his great idolatry,

For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.

Because they ministered before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I swore with an uplifted hand concerning them that they would bear the consequences of their iniquity, declares the Lord GOD.

But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”

Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!

Jesus said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks will come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

…as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.

Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.

Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.

…but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,

Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—

…and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.

Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.

Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—

But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.