36 occurrences

'Stumble' in the Bible

They'll stumble over each other as though fleeing before the sword, even though no one is pursuing.

Verse ConceptsStumblingPowerlessnessWithout Strength

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

Verse ConceptsStumblingreinforcement

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

Verse ConceptsAffluencePeace, Human Search ForPeople Stumblingfate

When my enemies turn back, they will stumble and perish before you.

Verse ConceptsStumblingOvercoming EnemiesFalling Backwards

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

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

Then you will travel safely on your way, and your foot will not stumble.

Verse ConceptsStumblingFeet SecureSleeping Peacefully

When you walk, your step will not be hindered, and when you run, you will not stumble.

Verse ConceptsWalkingSteps Of The SaintsNot Stumbling

For they cannot sleep unless they are doing evil, and they are robbed of their sleep unless they cause someone to stumble.

Verse ConceptsMischiefCausing Others To StumbleRestForgiving Others Who Hurt YouHurtSleeping PeacefullyHurt And BetrayalLosing Someonewickednesshurting

for though a righteous man falls seven times, he will rise again, but the wicked stumble into calamity.

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

Many will stumble on them; They'll fall and be broken; They'll be snared and captured.

Verse ConceptsPeople Stumbling

These people also stagger from wine and reel from strong drink. Priests and prophets stagger from strong drink; they're drunk from wine; they reel from strong drink, waver when seeing visions, and stumble when rendering decisions.

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

The Egyptians are men, not God, and their horses are physical, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out his hand, anyone who assists will stumble, and the one who is helped will fall; and they will all perish together."

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

Let's grope along the wall like the blind; let us grope like those who have no eyes. We stumble at midday as if it were twilight, in desolate places like dead people.

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

who led them through the depths? Like a horse in the open desert, they did not stumble;

Verse ConceptsNot StumblingGod Has Guided

Therefore, this is what the LORD says: "I'm about to put stumbling blocks in front of this people, and fathers and sons will stumble over them together. The neighbor and his friends will perish."

Verse ConceptsStumblingFathers And SonsFriends FailingGod HinderingHindrances

Give glory to the LORD your God before he brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the mountains at twilight. You hope for light, but he turns it into deep darkness. He changes it into heavy gloom.

Verse ConceptsHope, Nature OfProcrastinationStumblingThe Insecurity Of The WickedPeople Stumbling

Yet my people have forgotten me, and they burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their journey on the ancient paths. They walk on trails, on a way that is not built up.

Verse ConceptsForgettingStumblingPaths Of RighteousnessOld ThingsIncense Offered AmissEvil WaysHighwaysPaths

But you, LORD, know all their plots to kill me. Don't forgive their iniquity, and don't erase their sin from your sight. Let them stumble before you. When it's time for you to be angry, act against them!

Verse ConceptsUnforgivenessAttempting To Kill MeGod Not ForgivingAnger And Forgiveness

Butthe LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, those who pursue me will stumble and won't prevail. They'll be put to great shame, when they don't succeed. Their everlasting disgrace won't be forgotten.

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

They'll come crying, and I'll lead them as they pray for mercy. I'll make them walk by streams of water, along a straight path on which they won't stumble. For I am Israel's father, and Ephraim is my firstborn."

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

"The swift cannot flee, nor can the strong escape. In the north, beside the Euphrates River, they stumble and fall.

Verse ConceptsNorthNo Escape

They repeatedly stumble and fall. They say to each other, "Get up! Let's go back to our people and to the land of our birth, away from the oppressor's sword.'

Verse ConceptsPeople StumblingSaying Repeatedly

The arrogant one will stumble and fall, and there will be no one to lift him up. I'll set fire to his cities, and it will devour everything around him."

Verse ConceptsStumblingAbaseAbasement Of The ProudDownfallBurning CitiesThe Proud Will Be Abaseduncertaintyarrogance

Our young men must grind grain with a millstone; our youths stumble under the weight of wood.

Verse ConceptsHard LaborStaggeringGrinding FoodFirewoodYoung People Suffering

so that their hearts melt and the number of those who stumble increase. I've set in place a slaughtering sword at the entrance to all their gates. Oh, no! It's made like lightning. It's drawn to slaughter.

Verse ConceptsGatesStanding In The GatewaySparklingLosing CourageGod's Sword

He'll turn his attention toward the fortresses in his own territory, but he'll stumble and fall, and won't endure.

Verse ConceptsIndividuals Passing AwayIndividuals going home

So you will stumble during the day, the prophet also will stumble with you at 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

The arrogance of Israel testifies against him; therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity, and Judah with them.

Verse ConceptsStumblingDownfall Of IsraelThings As WitnessesNorthern Kingdom Of IsraelProud Peoplearrogance

Whoever is wise, let him understand these things. Whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right: the righteous follow his example, but the rebellious stumble in them.

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

He will remember to summon his finest troops. They will stumble on their way, hurrying over to Nineveh's wall. Their defensive shield is in place.

Verse ConceptsShieldsStumblingPeople StumblingHasty Action

"But you priests turned aside from the way, and by your teaching you caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with Israel's priestsStumblingStumbling BlocksPeople Going AstrayCausing Others To StumbleMisteachingBreaking The CovenantCovenant Made At Sinai

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