'Cause' in the Bible

but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a cause for stumbling, but to the Gentiles foolishness,

For who made you better than your brother? or what have you that has not been given to you? but if it has been given to you, what cause have you for pride, as if it had not been given to you?

For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.

How is it, that if any one of you has a cause at law against another, he takes it before a Gentile judge and not before the saints?

of the things of life, indeed, then, if ye may have judgment, those despised in the assembly -- these cause ye to sit;

But a brother who has a cause at law against another takes it before Gentile judges.

Food of all kinds is meant for the stomach, and the stomach is meant for food, and God will cause both of them to perish. Yet the body does not exist for the purpose of fornication, but for the Master's service, and the Master exists for the body;

For how may you be certain, O wife, that you will not be the cause of salvation to your husband? or you, O husband, that you may not do the same for your wife?

Now food will not commend us to God nor bring us close to Him; we are no worse off if we do not eat, nor are we better if we do eat.

Only be careful that this liberty of yours [this power to choose] does not somehow become a stumbling block [that is, a temptation to sin] to the weak [in conscience].

And so, through your knowledge, you are the cause of destruction to your brother, for whom Christ underwent death.

Therefore, if food causes my brother to fall, I will never again eat meat, so that I won’t cause my brother to fall.

If others share the right over you, do we not more? Nevertheless, we did not use this right, but we endure all things so that we will cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

For if I am a preacher of the good news, I have no cause for pride in this; because I am forced to do so, for a curse is on me if I do not.

And I do all things for the cause of the good news, so that I may have a part in it.

For this cause, my dear brothers, give no worship to false gods.

Or may we be the cause of envy to the Lord? are we stronger than he?

Give no cause of trouble to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God.

For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.

Does it not seem natural to you that if a man has long hair, it is a cause of shame to him?

For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you gather together you will not come under judgment. And I will give instructions about the other matters whenever I come.

And to those parts of the body which seem to have less honour we give all the more honour; and to those parts of the body which are a cause of shame to us we give the greater respect;

For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.

Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without cause to be afraid, for he is doing the Lord’s work, as I also am.

For they gave comfort to my spirit and to yours: for which cause give respect to such people.