Romans 9:32
Why not? Because they did not pursue it on the basis of faith, but as if it were based on achievements. They stumbled over the stone that causes people to stumble.
1 Peter 2:8
a stone they stumble over and a rock they trip on." They keep on stumbling because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
Matthew 13:57
And they were offended by him.
Matthew 19:16-20
Just then a man came up to Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what good deed should I do to have eternal life?"
Luke 2:34
Then Simeon blessed them and told Mary, his mother, "This infant is destined to cause many in Israel to fall and rise. Also, he will be a sign that will be opposed.
Luke 7:23
How blessed is anyone who is not offended by me!"
John 6:27-29
Do not work for food that perishes but for food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal on him."
Acts 16:30-34
he took them outside and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
Romans 4:16
Therefore, the promise is based on faith, so that it may be a matter of grace and may be guaranteed for all of Abraham's descendants not only for those who were given the Law, but also for those who share the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
Romans 10:3
For they are ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God while they try to establish their own, and they have not submitted to God's means to attain righteousness.
Romans 11:11
And so I ask, "They have not stumbled so as to fall, have they?" Of course not! On the contrary, because of their stumbling, salvation has come to the gentiles to make the Jews jealous.
1 Corinthians 1:23
but we preach the Messiah crucified. He is a stumbling block to Jews and nonsense to gentiles,
1 John 5:9-12
If we accept human testimony, God's testimony is greater, because it is the testimony of God and because he has testified about his Son.