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.

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.”

“Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes!

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

He said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come, but woe to him through whom they come!

“These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from stumbling.

And David says,
“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
And a stumbling block and a retribution to them.

Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather determine this—not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother’s way.

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

But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.

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

The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness,

The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

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

But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit acts of immorality.

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.”

and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ.

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

For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.