and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense. They stumble over it because they are disobeying God's word, and to this they were also appointed.

even as it is written. Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; but he that believes on Him shall not be put to shame.

And why? Because they sought it not by faith, but thought to gain it by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;

"And blessed is the man who finds no cause of stumbling in me."

But he turned and said to Peter. "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling-block to me, because you are not intent on what pleases God, but what pleases men."

"Woe unto the world because of such stumbling-blocks! They will surely come, but woe unto each man by whom they come!

"And blessed is he who finds no cause of stumbling in me."

Jesus said to his disciples. "It is not possible but that occasions of stumbling should occur, but woe to him through whom they come!

But I, brothers, if I "still preach circumcision," why am I still persecuted? Then surely the stumbling-block of the Cross has ceased to be an obstacle!

But he who loves his brother is abiding in the light, and in it there is no cause of stumbling.

Now unto Him who has power to guard you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of his glory, faultless and exultant,

But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat food offered to idols, and to practise immorality.

I exhort you, brothers, to keep watch of those who are causing the divisions among you, and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the teaching which you have learned.

but we come preaching a crucified Messiah??o Jews a stumbling-block, to Greeks foolishness,

As David says. Let their table be made a snare and a trap, And a stumbling-block and a recompense unto them;

Now if their stumbling enriches the world, and their loss enriches the Gentiles, how much more must their fulness do!

So let us no longer pass judgment on one another; rather let this be your judgment, that no one put a stumbling-block in his brother's way, nor any cause of falling.

Do not, for the sake of food, be tearing down God's work. All food indeed is ceremonially clean, but a man is in the wrong if his food proves a stumbling-block.

I am giving no one a cause of stumbling in order that my ministry may not be discredited;

But see to it lest this right of yours become a stumbling-block to the weak.

Do not be a cause of stumbling either to Jews of to Gentiles, or to the church of God.

and all drank from the same spiritual stream, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.

"Moreover I say to you that you are Petros (a rock), and on this petra (rock) I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against her.

"He is like a man who is building a house who digged and went deep and laid a foundation upon rock. And, when a flood came, the torrent dashed against that house, but could not move, because it had been founded upon rock.

For in many respects we often stumble. If any man never stumbles in speech, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.

Therefore, if what I eat makes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, lest I make my brother to stumble.