Isaiah 8:15
“Many [among them] will stumble over them;
Then they will fall and be broken,
They will even be snared and trapped.”
Isaiah 28:13
Therefore the word of the Lord to them will be [merely monotonous repetitions]:
“Precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
Rule upon rule, rule upon rule,
Here a little, there a little.”
That they may go and stumble backward, and be broken, ensnared, and taken captive.
Matthew 21:44
Isaiah 59:10
We grope for a wall like the blind,
We grope like those who have no eyes.
We stumble at midday as in the twilight;
Among those who are healthy we are like dead men.
Matthew 11:6
Matthew 15:14
Luke 20:17-18
But Jesus looked at them and said,
John 6:66
As a result of this
Romans 9:32
And why not? Because it was not by faith [that they pursued it], but as though it were by works [relying on the merit of their works instead of their faith]. They stumbled over the stumbling Stone [Jesus Christ].
1 Corinthians 1:23
but we preach Christ crucified, [a message which is] to Jews a stumbling block [that provokes their opposition], and to Gentiles foolishness [just utter nonsense],
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