65 occurrences in 12 translations

'Stumble' in the Bible

They will stumble over one another as if fleeing from a sword though no one is pursuing them. You will not be able to stand against your enemies.

Verse ConceptsStumblingPowerlessnessWithout Strength

The bows of warriors are shattered, but those who stumble are equipped with strength.

Verse ConceptsStumblingreinforcement

But if you go with them, do it! Be strong for battle! But God will make you stumble before the enemy, for God has the power to help or to make one stumble.”

Verse ConceptsGod, Sovereignty OfHelpfulnessPower, HumanBraveryThe AlmightyLosing A FriendBattle

and he sacrificeth to the gods of Damascus -- those smiting him, and saith, 'Because the gods of the kings of Aram are helping them, to them I sacrifice, and they help me,' and they have been to him to cause him to stumble, and to all Israel.

Verse ConceptsTemples, Heathendamascus

The carefree are thinking, "I have contempt for misfortune,' Those who are about to stumble deserve it.

Verse ConceptsAffluencePeace, Human Search ForPeople Stumblingfate

His strength is depleted;disaster lies ready for him to stumble.

Verse ConceptsCynicismWithout Strength

When those who practice evil, my enemies, and my oppressors come near me to devour my flesh, they stumble and fall.

Verse ConceptsStumblingDownfallPeople OvercomingEnemiesProtection From EnemiesEnemy Attacks

Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand.

Verse ConceptsStumblingHelp From GodGod SupportingSupportBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

For I said, “Don’t let them rejoice over me—those who are arrogant toward me when I stumble.”

Verse ConceptsPeople StumblingRejoicing In Evil

For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain.

Verse ConceptsPeople Stumbling

Don't kill them! Otherwise, my people may forget. By your power make them stumble around; bring them down low, Lord, our Shield.

Verse ConceptsScattering The PeoplesPeople Remembering

They will be made to stumble;their own tongues work against them.All who see them will shake their heads.

Verse ConceptsGesturesShaking The HeadThe Tongue

Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

Verse ConceptsStumblingFeet SecureSleeping Peacefully

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

Verse ConceptsWalkingSteps Of The SaintsNot Stumbling

Though a righteous man falls seven times,he will get up,but the wicked will stumble into ruin.

Verse ConceptsGiving UpMischiefSeven TimesDownfallBurnoutMistakesRisingA Good Man

If they stumble, the first will lift up his friend but woe to anyone who is alone when he falls and there is no one to help him get up.

Verse ConceptsBest FriendsTragedyNot Being Alonehelphelpingpity

None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

Verse ConceptsBeltsSleeplessnessNot StumblingOrderly Army

He will be a sanctuary;but for the two houses of Israel,He will be a stone to stumble overand a rock to trip over,and a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Necessity OfGod, The RockStumblingZion, As A SymbolProphecies Concerning ChristCapstoneDownfall Of IsraelStumbling Over ChristChrist The RockGod TrappingMessianic Prophecies

And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

Verse ConceptsPeople Stumbling

But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholdrinking, abstention fromDrunkenness, Figurative OfDebaucheryLeaders, SpiritualStumblingDrunkenness, ResultsStaggeringStrong DrinkWicked ProphetsDrunkennessMaking DecisionsDecision Makingbeer

So the word of the Lord to them will be,“Order on order, order on order,Line on line, line on line,A little here, a little there,”That they may go and stumble backward, be broken, snared and taken captive.

Verse ConceptsGraduallyReprobatesGod's OrdersExposition Of The ScripturesFalling Backwards

Egyptians are men, not God;their horses are flesh, not spirit.When the Lord raises His hand to strike,the helper will stumbleand the one who is helped will fall;both will perish together.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritAliancesStumblingTrusting In Man, Warnings AgainstGod's HandLimitations Of The BodyGod's Hands Stretched OutDanger From MenNatural Disasters

Youths may faint and grow weary,and young men stumble and fall,

Verse ConceptsMonotonyYouthLimitations Of Youth

We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual Blindness, Consequences OfGuidance, Need For God'sWallsTwilightPeople StumblingAfflicted To Death

That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?

Verse ConceptsNot StumblingGod Has Guided

They were ashamed when they did abomination! Yea, they are not at all ashamed, Yea, blushing they have not known, Therefore they do fall among those falling, In the time I have inspected them, They stumble, said Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsRegretCorrupted ConsciencesThe Insecurity Of The WickedBlushingPeople StumblingRed FacesUnknown ThingsAbsence Of RegretFeeling Lost

Therefore, this is what the Lord says:I am going to place stumbling blocks before these people;fathers and sons together will stumble over them;friends and neighbors will also perish.

Verse ConceptsStumblingFathers And SonsFriends FailingGod HinderingHindrances

They were ashamed when they did abomination! Yea, they are not at all ashamed, And blushing they have not known, Therefore, they do fall among falling ones, In the time of their inspection they stumble, said Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsBlushingDecadencePeople StumblingRed FacesUnknown Things

With silver and with gold they beautify it, With nails and with hammers they fix it, And it doth not stumble.

Verse ConceptsCarpentry ToolsHammersNailsDecksMotionlessnessChristmas Tree

If you have raced with runnersand they have worn you out,how can you compete with horses?If you stumble in a peaceful land,what will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceRunningPeople StumblingThe Region Of JordanTired In ActivityRace

Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

Verse ConceptsHope, Nature OfProcrastinationStumblingThe Insecurity Of The WickedPeople Stumbling

Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;

Verse ConceptsForgettingStumblingPaths Of RighteousnessOld ThingsIncense Offered AmissEvil WaysHighwaysPaths

But You, Lord, knowall their deadly plots against me.Do not wipe out their guilt;do not blot out their sin before You.Let them be forced to stumble before You;deal with them in the time of Your anger.

Verse ConceptsUnforgivenessAttempting To Kill MeGod Not ForgivingAnger And Forgiveness

But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.

Verse ConceptsStumblingSuffering, Encouragements InWarriorsNot ForgettingGod With Specific PeopleGod As A WarriorShame Will ComeCauses of failure inMighty in its influenceDisappointmentMotivationadvertisingprospering

So the paths they follow will be dark and slippery. They will stumble and fall headlong. For I will bring disaster on them. A day of reckoning is coming for them." The Lord affirms it!

Verse ConceptsYearsThe Insecurity Of The WickedWalking In DarknessThe Day Of JudgementSlipperynessGod SuingGod Will Bring HarmPaths

They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood OfAdoption, nature ofFirstbornIntimacyPeople Of God, In OtSpring Of WaterWeepingAnswered PromisesSpiritual AdoptionFirstborn SonsStraight PathsNot StumblingBrookssupplication

Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.

Verse ConceptsNorthNo Escape

Nations have heard of thy shame, And thy cry hath filled the land, For the mighty on the mighty did stumble, Together they have fallen -- both of them!'

Verse ConceptsWarriorsDisorganizationPeople StumblingShame Has Come

He continues to stumble.Indeed, each falls over the other.They say, “Get up! Let’s return to our peopleand to the land of our birth,away from the sword that oppresses.”

Verse ConceptsPeople StumblingSaying Repeatedly

And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.

Verse ConceptsStumblingAbaseAbasement Of The ProudDownfallBurning CitiesThe Proud Will Be Abaseduncertaintyarrogance

Bound hath been the yoke of my transgressions by His hand, They are wrapped together, They have gone up on my neck, He hath caused my power to stumble, The Lord hath given me into hands, I am not able to rise.

Verse ConceptsHeavy Burdens

I have appointed a sword for slaughterat all their gates,so that their hearts may meltand many may stumble.Yes! It is ready to flash like lightning;it is drawn for slaughter.

Verse ConceptsGatesStanding In The GatewaySparklingLosing CourageGod's Sword

“Now, son of man, say to your people: The righteousness of the righteous person will not save him on the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked person cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. The righteous person won’t be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.

Verse ConceptsPeople In RighteousnessThings Which Cannot Save

Therefore, man thou devourest no more, And thy nations thou causest not to stumble any more, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsBereavementNot Destroyed

“I will no longer allow the insults of the nations to be heard against you, and you will not have to endure the reproach of the peoples anymore; you will no longer cause your nation to stumble.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

Verse ConceptsDo Not HinderInsulting Other PeopleFunhomecoming

Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.

Verse ConceptsIndividuals Passing AwayIndividuals going home

When they stumble, they will be granted some help. But many will unite with them deceitfully.

Verse ConceptsFlatteryFlattery, Used By The WickedPeople HelpingNations UnitedThose Who DeceivedHypocrisy

And some of the teachers do stumble for refining by them, and for purifying, and for making white -- till the end of the time, for it is yet for a time appointed.

Verse ConceptsRestored In Jesus ChristPerfection, HumanRefiningStumblingThe Right TimeProper Understanding

and hath come into the desirable land, and many do stumble, and these escape from his hand: Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the sons of Ammon.

You will stumble by day;the prophet will also stumble with you by night.And I will destroy your mother.

Verse ConceptsStumblingDownfall Of IsraelWicked ProphetsDuring The Day

However, I'm not going to punish your daughters when they commit prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery, because their men are themselves immoral they offer sacrifices with prostitutes. These people who aren't discerning will stumble.

Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedBeing Without UnderstandingMale Prostitutesadultrywhores

Israel’s arrogance testifies against them.Both Israel and Ephraim stumblebecause of their wickedness;even Judah will stumble with them.

Verse ConceptsStumblingDownfall Of IsraelThings As WitnessesNorthern Kingdom Of IsraelProud Peoplearrogance

Let whoever is wise understand these things,and whoever is insightful recognize them.For the ways of the Lord are right,and the righteous walk in them,but the rebellious stumble in them.

Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfOrthodoxy, In OtRighteousness, Of BelieversStumblingWisdom, Human ImportanceWisdom, Human NatureDownfallValuing KnowledgeDiscernment

He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.

Verse ConceptsShieldsStumblingPeople StumblingHasty Action

The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:

Verse ConceptsStumblingWarfare, Nature OfRiding HorsesSpeedPeople StumblingSparklingDeath

I will bring distress on the people and they will stumble like blind men, for they have sinned against the Lord. Their blood will be poured out like dirt; their flesh will be scattered like manure.

Verse ConceptsdiscouragementWicked Described AsWalking In DarknessDefecationGod KillingGod BlindingGod Will Kill The PeoplesSin Brings SicknessGod Troubling

Bible Theasaurus

Falter (7 instances)
Stagger (21 instances)
Stumble (106 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
πρόσκομμα 
Proskomma 
Usage: 6

προσκόπτω 
Proskopto 
Usage: 5

σκάνδαλον 
Skandalon 
Usage: 8

כּשׁל 
Kashal 
Usage: 62

מכשׁל מכשׁול 
Mikshowl 
Usage: 14

מכשׁלה 
Makshelah 
Usage: 2

נגף 
Nagaph 
Usage: 49

נגף 
Negeph 
Usage: 7

עקּר 
`iqqar (Aramaic) 
Usage: 3

פּוּק 
Puwq 
Usage: 2

שׁמט 
Shamat 
Usage: 9

λίθος 
Lithos 
Usage: 41

πταίω 
Ptaio 
Usage: 5

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