Matthew 5:30

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Offend

Cast

Matthew 22:13

Matthew 25:20

Luke 12:5

General references

Proverbs 23:31

Bible References

Offend

And blessed is he who does not take offense at Me.”

yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he

falls away.

But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but man’s.”

but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

Then Jesus *said to them, “You will all

fall away because of Me this night, for it is written, ‘I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be

scattered

.’

It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he would cause one of these little ones to stumble.

just as it is written,
“Behold, I lay in Zion

a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense,

And he who believes in Him

will not be

disappointed.”

Do not tear down the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are clean, but they are evil for the man who eats and gives offense.

Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause my brother to stumble.

But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been abolished.

and,
“A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”;

for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed.

Cast

Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

The one who had received the five talents came up and brought five more talents, saying, ‘Master, you entrusted five talents to me. See, I have gained five more talents.’

But I will warn you whom to fear: fear the One who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into

hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him!

General references

Do not look on the wine when it is red,
When it sparkles in the cup,
When it goes down smoothly;