Isa 8:14, Rom 9:32-33, 1Cor 1:18, 23, 1Pe 2:8-9 | ESV | STEP | And he will become a sanctuary and a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel , a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem .

Isaiah 8:14

14 And he will become a ^asanctuary and ^ba stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Romans 9:32-33

32 Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the ^cstumbling stone, 33 as it is written,

^d“Behold, I am laying in Zion ^ea stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense;
^fand whoever believes in him will not be ^gput to shame.”

1 Corinthians 1:18

Christ the Wisdom and Power of God

18 For the word of the cross is ^hfolly to ⁱthose who are perishing, but to us ^jwho are being saved it is ^kthe power of God.

1 Corinthians 1:23

23 but we preach Christ ^lcrucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,

1 Peter 2:8-9

8 and

^m“A stone of stumbling,
and a rock of offense.”
They stumble because they disobey the word, ⁿas they were destined to do.

9 But you are ^oa chosen race, ^pa royal ^qpriesthood, ^ra holy nation, ^sa people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you ^tout of darkness into ^uhis marvelous light.