Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
General references
Bible References
A stone
Isaiah 8:14
He will become a sanctuary, but a stone that makes a person trip, and a rock that makes one stumble -- to the two houses of Israel. He will become a trap and a snare to the residents of Jerusalem.
Isaiah 57:14
He says, "Build it! Build it! Clear a way! Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!"
Luke 2:34
Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, "Listen carefully: This child is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected.
Romans 9:32
Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but (as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
1 Corinthians 1:23
but we preach about a crucified Christ, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles.
2 Corinthians 2:16
to the latter an odor from death to death, but to the former a fragrance from life to life. And who is adequate for these things?
Whereunto
Exodus 9:16
But for this purpose I have caused you to stand: to show you my strength, and so that my name may be declared in all the earth.
Romans 9:22
But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
1 Thessalonians 5:9
For God did not destine us for wrath but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 2:3
And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep.
Jude 1:4
For certain men have secretly slipped in among you -- men who long ago were marked out for the condemnation I am about to describe -- ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
General references
Psalm 2:3
They say, "Let's tear off the shackles they've put on us! Let's free ourselves from their ropes!"
Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the Lord.
Luke 7:23
Blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me."
John 16:1
"I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away.
1 Corinthians 3:11
For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being laid, which is Jesus Christ.