and

A stone to stumble over,
and a rock to trip over.

They stumble because they disobey the message; they were destined for this.

I ask, then, have they stumbled in order to fall? Absolutely not! On the contrary, by their stumbling, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.

Why is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.

As it is written:

Look! I am putting a stone in Zion to stumble over
and a rock to trip over,
yet the one who believes on Him
will not be put to shame.

Now if their stumbling brings riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full number bring!

Therefore, let us no longer criticize one another. Instead decide never to put a stumbling block or pitfall in your brother’s way.

Do not tear down God’s work because of food. Everything is clean, but it is wrong for a man to cause stumbling by what he eats.

but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles.

But be careful that this right of yours in no way becomes a stumbling block to the weak.

We give no opportunity for stumbling to anyone, so that the ministry will not be blamed.

“I have told you these things to keep you from stumbling.

Now to Him who is able to protect you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of His glory, blameless and with great joy,

But I have a few things against you. You have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block in front of the Israelites: to eat meat sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality.

The one who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from a spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ.

for we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a mature man who is also able to control his whole body.

“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on the rock.

The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house. Yet it didn’t collapse, because its foundation was on the rock.

And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the forces of Hades will not overpower it.

and placed it in his new tomb, which he had cut into the rock. He left after rolling a great stone against the entrance of the tomb.