Hebrews 10:38
"But My righteous one shall live by faith, and, if he draw back, My soul has no pleasure in him."
Matthew 12:43-45
"But, when the unclean spirit goes out from the man, it passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and finds it not.
Matthew 13:20-21
And he that was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and straightway with joy receives it;
Matthew 18:15
"And, if your brother sin against you, go show him his fault between you and him alone. If he hear you, you gained your brother;
Luke 8:15
"And that in the good ground, these are such as, in a good and honest heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bear fruit with patience.
Romans 2:7-8
to those who, by patience in well-doing, are seeking for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life;
Romans 9:32-33
Wherefore? because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the Stone of stumbling;
Romans 11:9
And David says, "Let their table be a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling-block, and a recompense to them:
1 Corinthians 1:23
but we preach Christ crucified; to the Jews, a stumbling-block, and to the gentiles foolishness;
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
him whose coming is according to the working of Satan in all power and signs and lying wonders,
Hebrews 13:17
Obey those who are your leaders, and submit to them; for they watch in behalf of your souls, as those who are to give an account; that they may do this with joy, and not with sighing; for this would be unprofitable for you.
1 Peter 2:8
and "a stone of stumbling, and rock of offense"; who stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which also they were appointed.
2 Peter 2:18-22
For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice, in desires of the flesh, by their lasciviousness, those just escaping from those who live in error;
1 John 2:19
They went out from among us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out, that they might be made manifest, that they are not all of us.