and a stone of stumbling and rock of offense, who stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.

as it is written; Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, and he that believes on him shall not be ashamed.

For what reason? Because they are not of faith, but as it were of works of the law; for they stumbled at the stone of stumbling,

And David says, Let their table become a trap and a snare and an offense and a stumbling block to them;

Let us not therefore judge one another, but judge this rather, not to place a stumbling-block or an offense before a brother.

And I tell you that you are Peter [a rock], and upon this rock will I build my assembly, and the gates of hades shall not prevail against it.

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid the foundation on the rock; and when there was a flood, the stream beat against that house and could not shake it, because it was built on a rock.

and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank of the spiritual rock which followed them, and that rock was Christ;