15 Bible Verses about Offence
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Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the Kingdom of God.
And, coming into His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Whence hath this Man this wisdom, and the mighty works? Is not This the carpenter's Son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas? And His sisters, are they not all with us? Whence, then, hath this Man all these things?"read more.
And they were finding in Him occasion to stumble. And Jesus said to them "a prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house."
And He went forth thence, and cometh into His own country; and His disciples follow Him. And, when the sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue. And many, hearing Him, were astonished, saying, "Whence hath this Man these things?" And, "What is the wisdom which is given to This Man?" And, "Such mighty works are wrought by His hands!" "Is not This the Carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not His sisters here with us?" And they were finding occasion of stumbling in Him.read more.
And Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own kindred, and in his own house."
Then there come to Jesus, from Jerusalem, Pharisees and scribes, saying, "Why do Thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands, when they eat bread!" And He, answering, said to them, "Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?read more.
For God said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'He that speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die,' But ye say, 'Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That by which you might be profited by me is an offering,' shall in no wise honor his father; and ye made void the word of God because of your tradition. Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, 'This people honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'" And, having called the multitude near, He said to them, "Hear, and understand: Not that which enters into the mouth defiles the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth??his defiles the man." Then, His disciples, coming near, say to Him, "Knowest Thou that the Pharisees, having heard the saying, were made to stumble?"
And, when they came into Capernaum, those receiving the half-shekel came to Peter, and said, "Doth not your Teacher pay the half-shekel?" He says, "Yes." And Jesus anticipated him as he came into the house, saying, "What do you think, Simon? the kings of the earth, from whom do they receive tax or tribute? from their sons, or from the aliens?" And, when he said, "From the aliens," Jesus said to him, "Consequently the sons are free;read more.
but, that we may not cause them to stumble; having gone to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the fish first coming up; and, opening its mouth, you will find a shekel; taking that, give it to them for Me and you."
Jesus, therefore, said to them, "Verily, verily, I say to you, unless ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink His blood, ye have no life in yourselves. He that eats My flesh, and drinks My blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day; for My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink.read more.
He that eats My flesh, and drinks My blood, abides in Me, and I in him. As the Living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father; so he, also, who eats Me, shall live because of Me. This is the Bread That came down out of Heaven. Not as the fathers ate, and died: he that eats this Bread shall live forever." These things He said in the synagogue, while teaching in Capernaum. Many, therefore, of His disciples, having heard this, said, "This is a hard saying! Who can hear it?" But Jesus, knowing in Himself that his disciples were murmuring about this, said to them, "Does this cause you to stumble? What, then, if ye behold the Son of Man ascending where He was before? It is the Spirit That giveth life; the flesh profits nothing: the words which I have spoken to you are spirit, and they are life. But there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were that believed not, and who it was that would betray Him. And He said, "For this cause I have said to you, that no one can come to Me, unless it has been given to him of the Father." From this time many of His disciples went back, and walked no more with Him.
seeing that both Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified; to the Jews, a stumbling-block, and to the gentiles foolishness; but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? then the stumbling-block of the cross has been done away!
Let us not, therefore, judge one another any more; but judge ye this rather, not to put a stumbling-block, or an occasion of falling, in a brother's way.
But, turning, He said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan! you are a stumbling-block to Me; because you are not thinking of the things of God, but the things of men."
And David says, "Let their table be a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling-block, and a recompense to them: let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back always."
But take heed, lest this liberty of yours become a stumbling-block to the weak.
giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministry be not blamed;
From Thematic Bible
Offence » Saints should » Be cautious of giving
Let us not, therefore, judge one another any more; but judge ye this rather, not to put a stumbling-block, or an occasion of falling, in a brother's way.
But take heed, lest this liberty of yours become a stumbling-block to the weak.
Offence » Persecution, a cause of, to mere professors
And then will many be caused to stumble, and will deliver up one another, and hate one another;
Then Jesus saith to them, "All ye will be made to stumble because of Me this night; for it has been written, 'I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered abroad.'
yet he has not root in himself, but is only temporary; and, when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, straightway he stumbles.
Offence » Occasions of, forbidden
giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministry be not blamed;
Give no occasion of stumbling, either to Jews or Greeks, or to the assembly of God:
Offence » The wicked take, at » Christ, as the corner-stone
as it has been written, "Behold, I lay in Zion a Stone of stumbling, and a Rock of offense; and he that believes on Him shall not be put to shame."
and "a stone of stumbling, and rock of offense"; who stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which also they were appointed.
Offence » The wicked take, at » Christ crucified
but we preach Christ crucified; to the Jews, a stumbling-block, and to the gentiles foolishness;
But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? then the stumbling-block of the cross has been done away!
Offence » Saints should » Use self-denial rather than occasion
It is good, neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby your brother stumbles.
Wherefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will in no wise eat flesh forevermore; that I cause not my brother to stumble.
Offence » The wicked take, at » The low station of Christ
And, coming into His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Whence hath this Man this wisdom, and the mighty works? Is not This the carpenter's Son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas? And His sisters, are they not all with us? Whence, then, hath this Man all these things?" read more.
And they were finding in Him occasion to stumble. And Jesus said to them "a prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house."
Offence » Exemplified
But I have a few things against you, because you have there those holding the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat idol-sacrifices, and to commit fornication.
Offence » Punishment for occasioning
Offence » Saints should » Reprove those who cause
Offence » Denunciation against those who cause
And whosoever shall cause to stumble one of these little ones, who believe, it were better for him, if a great millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
"Woe to the world because of stumbling-blocks! for there is a necessity that the stumbling-blocks come; but woe to the man through whom the stumbling-block comes!
Offence » Ministers should » Be cautious of giving
giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministry be not blamed;
Offence » Saints should » Not let their liberty occasion, to others
But take heed, lest this liberty of yours become a stumbling-block to the weak.
Offence » The wicked take, at » The necessity of inward purity
Not that which enters into the mouth defiles the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth??his defiles the man." Then, His disciples, coming near, say to Him, "Knowest Thou that the Pharisees, having heard the saying, were made to stumble?"
Offence » Saints should » Be without
so that ye may approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be pure and without offense to the day of Christ;
Offence » Exemplified » Old prophet
Offence » Exemplified » Jeroboam
Offence » Saints should » Cut off what causes, to themselves
"And, if your right eye is causing you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you; for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not your whole body be cast into Hell. "And, if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you; for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not your whole body go away into Hell.
Offence » Exemplified » Aaron
Offence » Exemplified » Peter
But, turning, He said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan! you are a stumbling-block to Me; because you are not thinking of the things of God, but the things of men."
Offence » All things that cause, shall be gathered out of Christ's kingdom
The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of the Kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those who do iniquity;
Offence » The wicked take, at » Christ, as the bread of life
This is the Bread That came down out of Heaven. Not as the fathers ate, and died: he that eats this Bread shall live forever." These things He said in the synagogue, while teaching in Capernaum. Many, therefore, of His disciples, having heard this, said, "This is a hard saying! Who can hear it?" read more.
But Jesus, knowing in Himself that his disciples were murmuring about this, said to them, "Does this cause you to stumble?
Offence » Ministers should » Remove that which causes
Offence » Saints should » Avoid those who cause
Now I beseech you, brethren, to mark those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the teaching which ye learned; and turn away from them.
Offence » Blessedness of not taking, at Christ
Offence » Occasions of, must arrive
"Woe to the world because of stumbling-blocks! for there is a necessity that the stumbling-blocks come; but woe to the man through whom the stumbling-block comes!
Offence » The wicked take, at » The righteousness of faith
Wherefore? because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the Stone of stumbling;
Offence » Exemplified » priests
Offence » Exemplified » gideon
Offence » Saints should » Have a conscience void of
In this I myself also am striving always to have a conscience void of offense toward God and men.
Offence » Saints warned against taking
Topics on Offence
Offences Against The Holy Spirit
Ephesians 4:30And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in Whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.
The Saints, Without Offence
Philippians 1:10so that ye may approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be pure and without offense to the day of Christ;
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