Ezekiel 3:20

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Ezekiel 3:20

Hebrews 10:38

But it is by faith that My righteous servant shall live; and if he shrinks back, My soul takes no pleasure in him."

Matthew 12:43-45

"No sooner however has the foul spirit gone out of the man, then he roams about in places where there is no water, seeking rest but finding none.

Matthew 13:20-21

He who has received the seed on the rocky ground is the man who hears the Message and immediately receives it with joy.

Matthew 18:15

"If your brother acts wrongly towards you, go and point out his fault to him when only you and he are there. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

Luke 2:34

Symeon blessed them and said to Mary the mother, "This child is appointed for the falling and the uprising of many in Israel and for a token to be spoken against;

Luke 8:15

But as for that in the good ground, it means those who, having listened to the Message with open minds and in a right spirit, hold it fast, and patiently yield a return.

Romans 2:7-8

to those on the one hand who, by lives of persistent right-doing, are striving for glory, honour and immortality, the Life of the Ages;

Romans 9:32-33

And why? Because they were pursuing a righteousness which should arise not from faith, but from what they regarded as merit. They stuck their foot against the stone which lay in their way;

Romans 11:9

And David says, "Let their very food become a snare and a trap to them, a stumbling-block and a retribution.

1 Corinthians 1:23

while we proclaim a Christ who has been crucified--to the Jews a stumbling-block, to Gentiles foolishness,

2 Thessalonians 2:9-12

The appearing of the Lawless one will be attended by various miracles and tokens and delusive marvels--for so Satan works--

Obey your leaders and be submissive to them. For they are keeping watch over your souls as those who will have to give account; that they may do this with joy and not with lamentation. For that would be of no advantage to you.

1 Peter 2:8

and "a Stone for the foot to strike against, and a Rock to stumble over." Their foot strikes against it because they are disobedient to God's Message, and to this they were appointed.

2 Peter 2:18-22

For, while they pour out their frivolous and arrogant talk, they use earthly cravings--every kind of immorality--as a bait to entrap men who are just escaping from the influence of those who live in error.

1 John 2:19

They have gone forth from our midst, but they did not really belong to us; for had they belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they left us that it might be manifest that professed believers do not all belong to us.

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Summary

Ezekiel 3:20

Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

When

And i lay

Because

Matthew 18:15

And his

2 Peter 2:21

But his

Hebrews 13:17

Bible References

When

He who has received the seed on the rocky ground is the man who hears the Message and immediately receives it with joy.

But it is by faith that My righteous servant shall live; and if he shrinks back, My soul takes no pleasure in him."

And i lay

Symeon blessed them and said to Mary the mother, "This child is appointed for the falling and the uprising of many in Israel and for a token to be spoken against;

And why? Because they were pursuing a righteousness which should arise not from faith, but from what they regarded as merit. They stuck their foot against the stone which lay in their way;

And David says, "Let their very food become a snare and a trap to them, a stumbling-block and a retribution.

while we proclaim a Christ who has been crucified--to the Jews a stumbling-block, to Gentiles foolishness,

The appearing of the Lawless one will be attended by various miracles and tokens and delusive marvels--for so Satan works--

and "a Stone for the foot to strike against, and a Rock to stumble over." Their foot strikes against it because they are disobedient to God's Message, and to this they were appointed.

Because

"If your brother acts wrongly towards you, go and point out his fault to him when only you and he are there. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

And his

"No sooner however has the foul spirit gone out of the man, then he roams about in places where there is no water, seeking rest but finding none.

But as for that in the good ground, it means those who, having listened to the Message with open minds and in a right spirit, hold it fast, and patiently yield a return.

to those on the one hand who, by lives of persistent right-doing, are striving for glory, honour and immortality, the Life of the Ages;

But it is by faith that My righteous servant shall live; and if he shrinks back, My soul takes no pleasure in him."

For it would have been better for them not to have fully known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandments in which they were instructed.