'Stumbling' in the Bible
And blessed is he who does not take offense at Me.”
The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity,
But he turned around [and] said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a cause for stumbling to me, because you are not intent on the things of God, but the things of people!"
Woe unto the world because of occasions of stumbling! for it must needs be that the occasions come; but woe to that man through whom the occasion cometh!
[where their worm does not die, and the fire is not put out.]
And he said unto his disciples, It is impossible but that occasions of stumbling should come; but woe unto him, through whom they come!
“I have told you these things to keep you from stumbling.
wherefore? because -- not by faith, but as by works of law; for they did stumble at the stone of stumbling,
according as it hath been written, 'Lo, I place in Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence; and every one who is believing thereon shall not be ashamed.'
And David says, "Let their table become a snare and a trap, and a cause for stumbling and a retribution to them;
I ask, then, have they stumbled in order to fall? Absolutely not! On the contrary, by their stumbling, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.
Now if their stumbling brings riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full number bring!
Therefore, let us no longer pass judgment on one another, but rather decide this: not to place a cause for stumbling or a temptation before a brother.
Do not tear down God’s work because of food. Everything is clean, but it is wrong for a man to cause stumbling by what he eats.
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them that are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which ye learned: and turn away from them.
but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a cause for stumbling, but to the Gentiles foolishness,
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].
Therefore, if food that I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, in order to keep my brother from stumbling.
Give no occasion to stumbling, whether to Jews, or Greeks, or the assembly of God.
We give no opportunity for stumbling to anyone, so that the ministry will not be blamed.
so that you may learn to recognize and treasure what is excellent [identifying the best, and distinguishing moral differences], and that you may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ [actually living lives that lead others away from sin];
And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.