Leviticus 19:14

14 aYou shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall bfear your God: I am the Lord.

Isaiah 57:14

Comfort for the Contrite

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

Ezekiel 14:3

3 dSon of man, these men have taken their idols into their hearts, and set ethe stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. fShould I indeed let myself be consulted by them?

Matthew 16:23

23But he turned and said to Peter, gGet behind me, Satan! You are ha hindrance
Greek stumbling block
to me. For you jare not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”


Matthew 18:7

Temptations to Sin

7Woe to the world for ktemptations to sin!
Greek stumbling blocks
mFor it is necessary that temptations come, nbut woe to the one by whom the temptation comes!

Romans 9:32-33

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

pBehold, I am laying in Zion qa stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense;
rand whoever believes in him will not be sput to shame.”

Romans 11:9

9And David says,

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

Romans 16:17

Final Instructions and Greetings

17I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles ucontrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; vavoid them.
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