34 occurrences

'Stumble' in the Bible

And they shall stumble over {one another} as {from before} a sword, but there shall not be a pursuer; and {you shall have no resistance} {before} your enemies.

Verse ConceptsStumblingPowerlessnessWithout Strength

The bows of mighty warriors [are] shattered, but those who stumble gird [themselves with] strength.

Verse ConceptsStumblingreinforcement

But even still, you yourself go, do! Be strong for the battle [else] God will make you stumble before the enemy! For there is power with God to help and to cause stumbling."

Verse ConceptsGod, Sovereignty OfHelpfulnessPower, HumanBraveryThe AlmightyLosing A FriendBattle

When my enemies turn back, they will stumble and perish because of your presence.

Verse ConceptsStumblingOvercoming EnemiesFalling Backwards

For I [am] ready to stumble, and my pain [is] before me continually.

Verse ConceptsPeople Stumbling

And they [who] would cause him to stumble, their [own] tongue [will be] against them. All who gaze on them will shake.

Verse ConceptsGesturesShaking The HeadThe Tongue

Then you will walk in the confidence of your ways, and your foot will not stumble.

Verse ConceptsStumblingFeet SecureSleeping Peacefully

{When you walk}, your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble.

Verse ConceptsWalkingSteps Of The SaintsNot Stumbling

And many shall stumble among them, and they shall fall and they shall be broken, and they shall be ensnared and they shall be caught."

Verse ConceptsPeople Stumbling

And to them the word of Yahweh will be blah-blah upon blah-blah blah-blah upon blah-blah gah-gah upon gah-gah gah-gah upon gah-gah, a little here, a little there, so that they may go and stumble backward and be broken and ensnared and captured.

Verse ConceptsGraduallyReprobatesGod's OrdersExposition Of The ScripturesFalling Backwards

And the Egyptians [are] human and not God, and their horses [are] flesh and not spirit. And Yahweh stretches out his hand, and [the] helper will stumble, and [the] one being helped will fall, and together all of them will come to an end.

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

Even young people will be faint and grow weary, and [the] young will stumble, exhausted.

Verse ConceptsMonotonyYouthLimitations Of Youth

We grope like the blind [along] a wall, and we grope {as without} eyes. We stumble at noon as [in] the twilight; among the strong [we are] like the dead.

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

{who led} them through the depths? They did not stumble like horse in the desert;

Verse ConceptsNot StumblingGod Has Guided

Have they acted ashamed, for they have committed a detestable thing? Not at all, nor were they ashamed; they did not know to feel humiliated. {Therefore} they will fall among [those who] fall at the time I punish them, they will stumble," says Yahweh.

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

{Therefore} thus says Yahweh: "Look, I [am] about to put before this people stumbling blocks, and they will stumble against them, fathers and children together, neighbor and his friend will perish."

Verse ConceptsStumblingFathers And SonsFriends FailingGod HinderingHindrances

Were they ashamed, for they had committed a detestable thing? What's worse, they were not ashamed at all, and they did not know to feel humiliated. {Therefore} they will fall among [those who] fall; at the time of their punishment they will stumble," says Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsBlushingDecadencePeople StumblingRed FacesUnknown Things

Give glory to Yahweh your God {before} he brings darkness, and {before} your feet stumble on the mountains at twilight. And you will hope for light, but he makes it as gloom, he makes [it] as thick darkness.

Verse ConceptsHope, Nature OfProcrastinationStumblingThe Insecurity Of The WickedPeople Stumbling

But my people have forgotten me. They make smoke offerings to the idols, and they caused them to stumble in their ways, [the] ancient ways, to go [into] {bypaths}, not [one that] is built up.

Verse ConceptsForgettingStumblingPaths Of RighteousnessOld ThingsIncense Offered AmissEvil WaysHighwaysPaths

But Yahweh [is] with me like a powerful warrior. {Therefore} my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. They will be very ashamed, for they will not achieve success. [Their] {everlasting insult} will not be forgotten.

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

With weeping they will come, and with pleas for mercy I will bring them; I will let them walk by streams of water in a straight path. They will not stumble in it, for I have become to Israel a father, and Ephraim, he [is] my firstborn."

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

And [the] arrogant [one] will stumble and fall, and there is no [one who] raises [him] up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour everything around him."

Verse ConceptsStumblingAbaseAbasement Of The ProudDownfallBurning CitiesThe Proud Will Be Abaseduncertaintyarrogance

"So you, son of man, say to {your people} [that] the righteousness of the righteous shall not save him in the day of his transgression, and the wickedness of the wicked {will not cause him to stumble} on the day of his returning from his wickedness; and [the] righteous will not be able to live by it on the day when he returns to his sin.

Verse ConceptsPeople In RighteousnessThings Which Cannot Save

"And I will not let you hear [any] longer the insult of the nations, and [the] disgrace of [the] peoples you will not bear [any] longer; you [yourself] will not cause your nation to stumble," {declares} the Lord Yahweh.'"

Verse ConceptsDo Not HinderInsulting Other PeopleFunhomecoming

And he will turn back his face toward the strongholds of his land, but he will stumble and he will fall and will not be found.

Verse ConceptsIndividuals Passing AwayIndividuals going home

You will stumble [by] day, and the priest also will stumble with you at night. And I will destroy your mother;

Verse ConceptsStumblingDownfall Of IsraelWicked ProphetsDuring The Day

The pride of Israel testifies {against him}, and Israel and Ephraim stumble in their guilt, and Judah stumbles with them.

Verse ConceptsStumblingDownfall Of IsraelThings As WitnessesNorthern Kingdom Of IsraelProud Peoplearrogance

Who [is] wise that he can understand these [things]? Who is discerning that he knows them? The ways of Yahweh [are] right, and [the] righteous walk in them; but transgressors stumble in them.

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

He calls his officers; they stumble as they march; they rush to her wall; they set the covering in place.

Verse ConceptsShieldsStumblingPeople StumblingHasty Action

Chariots charge! Swords flash! Spears glitter! {Many corpses are piled high}! There is no end to the slain! They stumble over their dead!

Verse ConceptsStumblingWarfare, Nature OfRiding HorsesSpeedPeople StumblingSparklingDeath

But you, you have turned from the way; you have caused many to stumble by [your] instruction; you have ruined the covenant of Levi," says Yahweh of hosts.

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

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