15 Bible Verses about Offence

Let us, therefore, no longer judge one another: but rather decide to put no stumbling-block or snare in your brother's way.

But take heed, lest, by any means, this right of yours become a stumbling-block to those who are weak.

And then will many be ensnared, and they will deliver one another up, and hate one another;

Then Jesus said to them: All of you will he offended at me this night; for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered.

Yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while; and when affliction or persecution arises on account of the word, he immediately takes offense.

for we put no stumbling-block in any man's way, in order that this ministry may not be blamed;

Give no occasion for stumbling, either to the Jews, or to the Greeks, or to the church of God;

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

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

but we preach Christ crucified; to the Jews, indeed, a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks, foolishness:

But, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why am I yet persecuted? Then, the offense of the cross has ceased.

It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do any thing by which your brother stumbles, or is ensnared, or is made weak.

For which reason, if meat cause my brother to fall, I will never eat meat, lest I cause my brother to fall.

And he came into his own country, and taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said: Whence has this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? Is not this the son of the carpenter? Is not his mother called Mary? and his brothers, James and Joses and Simon and Judas? And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence, then, has this man all these things? read more.
And they found in him occasion for offense. But Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honor, unless it be in his own country and in his own house.

Yet I have a few things against you, that you have there those who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to practice lewdness.

And whoever will ensnare one of these little ones that believe on me, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea.

Alas for the world because of snares! for it is necessary that snares come: but alas for that man by whom the snare comes!

for we put no stumbling-block in any man's way, in order that this ministry may not be blamed;

But take heed, lest, by any means, this right of yours become a stumbling-block to those who are weak.

That which enters the mouth does not defile the man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man. Then came his disciples and said to him: Dost thou know that the Pharisees, when they heard that saying, were offended?

in order that you may distinguish things that differ, to the end that you may be pure and blameless till the day of Christ,

If, then, your right eye ensnare you, tear it out, and throw it from you; for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be thrown into hell. And if your right hand ensnare you, cut it off, and throw it from you; for it is profit able for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be thrown into hell.

But he turned and said to Peter: Get behind me, adversary; you are a snare to me: for you are not thinking of the things of God; but of the things of men.

The Son of man will send forth his angels, and collect out of his kingdom all things that offend, and those who work iniquity,

This is the bread that came down from heaven; not as your fathers ate the manna, and died; he that eats this bread shall live forever. These things he spoke in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. Therefore, many of his disciples, when they heard him, said: This is a hard saying; who can hear it? read more.
But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it, said to them: Does this offend you?

Now I beseech you, brethren, to mark those who make divisions and cause offenses in opposition to the teaching which you have learned, and avoid them.

and blessed is he that shall find in me no cause of offense.

Alas for the world because of snares! for it is necessary that snares come: but alas for that man by whom the snare comes!

And why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as if by works of law: for they stumbled against that stone of stumbling,

And I do exercise myself in this, always to have a conscience void of offense toward God and man.

These things have I spoken to you, that you may not be ensnared.