Isa 8:14, Hos 14:9, Mat 21:44, Act 28:22, Rom 9:32-33, 1Cor 1:23-24, 2Cor 2:16, 1Pe 2:7-8 | ISV

Isaiah 8:14

Hosea 14:9

Matthew 21:44

44 The person who falls over this stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush anyone on whom it falls.” ^{▼▼Other mss. lack this verse}Isa 8:14-15; 60:12; Dan 2:44; Zech 12:3; Luke 20:18; Rom 9:33; 1Pet 2:8

Acts 28:22

22 However, we would like to hear from you what you think, because everywhere people are talking against this sect.”Luke 2:34; Acts 24:5, 14; 1Pet 2:12; 4:14

Romans 9:32-33

32 Why not? Because they did not pursue it on the basis of faith, but as if it were based on works. They stumbled over the stone that causes people to stumble.Luke 2:34; 1Cor 1:23 33 As it is written,Ps 118:22; Isa 8:14; 28:16; Matt 21:42; Rom 10:11; 1Pet 2:6-8

“Look! I am placing a stone in Zion

that people will stumble over

and a large rock that will make them fall,

and the one who believes in him will never be ashamed.” ^{▼▼Isa 28:16}

1 Corinthians 1:23-24

23 but we preach Christ crucified. He is a stumbling block to Jews and nonsense to Gentiles,Isa 8:14; Matt 11:6; 13:57; Luke 2:34; John 6:60, 66; Rom 9:32; John 6:60, 66, 1Cor 15:14, 18; Gal 5:11; 1Pet 2:8 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is God's power and God's wisdom.Rom 1:4, 16; 1Cor 1:18; Col 2:3

2 Corinthians 2:16

16 To some people we are a deadly fragrance, ^{▼▼Lit. a fragrance of death to death} while to others we are a living fragrance. ^{▼▼Lit. a fragrance of life to life} Who is qualified for this?Luke 2:34; John 9:39; 1Cor 15:10; 2Cor 3:5-6; 1Pet 2:7-8

1 Peter 2:7-8

7 Therefore he is precious to you who believe, but to those who do not believe,Ps 118:22; Matt 21:42; Acts 4:11

“The stone that the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone, ^{▼▼Or capstone}

8 a stone they stumble over and a rock they trip on.” ^{▼▼Ps 118:22; Isa 8:14}Exod 9:16; Isa 8:14; Luke 2:34; Rom 9:22, 33; 1Cor 1:23; 1Thes 5:9; Jude 1:4

They keep on stumbling because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.