Isa 57:14, Jer 6:21, Eze 3:20, 44:12, Mat 18:7, Rom 9:32, 11:9 | ESV | STEP | And it shall be said , Build up , build up , prepare the way , remove every obstruction from my people’s way .

a ch. 62:10; [ch. 40:3]

b Ezek. 3:20

cSee ch. 18:24

d Jer. 6:21

e[See ver. 17 above]

fSee ch. 18:24

g[See ver. 18 above]

h ch. 7:19; 14:3, 4, 7; [Mal. 2:8]

i Ps. 106:26

jSee ch. 13:41

l Luke 17:1; See 1 Cor. 11:19

m ch. 26:24

nSee 1 Pet. 2:8

oCited from Ps. 69:22, 23

Isaiah 57:14

Comfort for the Contrite

14 And it shall be said,
^a“Build up, build up, prepare the way,
remove every obstruction from my people’s way.”

Jeremiah 6:21

21 Therefore thus says the Lord:
^b‘Behold, I will lay before this people
stumbling blocks against which they shall stumble;
fathers and sons together,
neighbor and friend shall perish.’”

Ezekiel 3:20

20 ^cAgain, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, ^dand I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. ^eBecause you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, ^fand his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, ^gbut his blood I will require at your hand.

Ezekiel 44:12

12 Because they ministered to them before their idols and became ^ha stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have ⁱsworn concerning them, declares the Lord God, and they shall bear their punishment.

Matthew 18:7

Temptations to Sin

7 “Woe to the world for ^jtemptations to sin! ^{▼▼Greek stumbling blocks} ^lFor it is necessary that temptations come, ^mbut woe to the one by whom the temptation comes!

Romans 9:32

32 Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the ⁿstumbling stone,

Romans 11:9

9 And David says,

^o“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
a stumbling block and a retribution for them;