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The term is frequently employed in both the Old and New Testaments to illustrate the challenges and pitfalls that believers may encounter in their spiritual journey. Old Testament Usage In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word often translated as "stumble" is "כָּשַׁל" (kashal). This term is used to describe physical stumbling as well as moral and spiritual failings. For instance, in <a href="/isaiah/8-15.htm">Isaiah 8:15</a>, it is written, "Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured." Here, the prophet Isaiah warns of the consequences of rejecting God's guidance, illustrating how spiritual blindness can lead to downfall. <a href="/proverbs/4-12.htm">Proverbs 4:12</a> provides a contrasting image of security for those who follow wisdom: "When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble." This verse highlights the protective nature of wisdom and righteousness, suggesting that adherence to God's commandments provides stability and safety. New Testament Usage In the New Testament, the Greek word "πταίω" (ptaiō) is commonly used to convey the idea of stumbling. <a href="/james/3-2.htm">James 3:2</a> states, "We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body." This passage acknowledges human imperfection and the universal tendency to err, particularly in speech, while also pointing to the ideal of self-control. The Apostle Paul addresses the issue of causing others to stumble in <a href="/romans/14-21.htm">Romans 14:21</a>: "It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble." Here, Paul emphasizes the importance of being mindful of one's actions and their impact on the faith of others, advocating for a selfless love that prioritizes the spiritual well-being of fellow believers. Spiritual Implications The concept of stumbling is closely tied to the Christian understanding of sin and temptation. Believers are encouraged to remain vigilant and steadfast in their faith to avoid spiritual pitfalls. In <a href="/1_peter/2-8.htm">1 Peter 2:8</a>, Jesus is referred to as "a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense," indicating that while Christ is the cornerstone of faith, He can also be a stumbling block to those who reject Him. The Bible also offers assurance of divine support for those who seek to walk in righteousness. <a href="/psalms/37-24.htm">Psalm 37:24</a> declares, "Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand." This promise of God's sustaining presence provides comfort and encouragement to believers who may falter. Practical Application In practical terms, Christians are called to be aware of their own vulnerabilities and to support one another in the faith. <a href="/hebrews/12-13.htm">Hebrews 12:13</a> advises, "Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed." This exhortation underscores the communal aspect of the Christian walk, where believers are responsible for creating an environment that fosters spiritual growth and healing. Overall, the biblical theme of stumbling serves as a reminder of human frailty and the need for divine grace. It calls believers to pursue holiness, exercise caution in their conduct, and extend grace to others, all while relying on God's strength to persevere in their spiritual journey.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (v. i.) To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step.2. (v. i.) To walk in an unsteady or clumsy manner.3. (v. i.) To fall into a crime or an error; to err.4. (v. i.) To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; -- with on, upon, or against.5. (v. t.) To cause to stumble or trip.6. (v. t.) Fig.: To mislead; to confound; to perplex; to cause to err or to fall.7. (n.) A trip in walking or running.8. (n.) A blunder; a failure; a fall from rectitude.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/4624.htm">4624. skandalizo -- to put a snare (in the way), hence to cause to ...</a> ... to put a snare (in the way), hence to cause to stumble, to give offense. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: skandalizo Phonetic Spelling: (skan-dal-id'-zo ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4624.htm - 8k<a href="/greek/4417.htm">4417. ptaio -- to cause to stumble, to stumble</a> ... to cause to stumble, to stumble. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ptaio Phonetic Spelling: (ptah'-yo) Short Definition: I stumble, fall, sin Definition: I ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4417.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/4350.htm">4350. proskopto -- to strike against, to stumble</a> ... to strike against, to stumble. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: proskopto Phonetic Spelling: (pros-kop'-to) Short Definition: I stumble Definition: I ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4350.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/677.htm">677. aproskopos -- not causing to stumble, not stumbling</a> ... not causing to stumble, not stumbling. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: aproskopos Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ros'-kop-os) Short Definition: not offending ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/677.htm - 6k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/3782.htm">3782. kashal -- to stumble, stagger, totter</a> ... 3781, 3782. kashal. 3783 . to stumble, stagger, totter. Transliteration: kashal Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-shal') Short Definition: stumble. Word Origin a prim ... /hebrew/3782.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5062.htm">5062. nagaph -- to strike, smite</a> ... defeated (17), hurts (1), plagued (1), routed (4), smite (3), smites (1), smote (3), strike (7), striking (1), struck (4), struck down (3), stumble (2), surely ... /hebrew/5062.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/8058.htm">8058. shamat -- to let drop</a> ... discontinue, overthrow, release, let rest, shake, stumble, throw down. A primitive root; to fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively ... /hebrew/8058.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6328.htm">6328. puq -- to reel, totter</a> ... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to reel, totter NASB Word Usage totter (2). stumble, move. A primitive root; to waver -- stumble, move. 6327b, 6328. ... /hebrew/6328.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/4383.htm">4383. mikshol -- a stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, a ...</a> ... a stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, a stumbling block NASB Word Usage fall (1), obstacle (2), occasion of stumbling (1), stumble (2), stumbling block ... /hebrew/4383.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/origen/origens_commentary_on_the_gospel_of_matthew/22_what_the_occasions_of.htm">What the "Occasions of Stumbling" Are.</a> ... even some of those who are thought to believe the Word of God, for whom exists a worse woe than that which comes to him who is caused to stumble, just as also ... /.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/22 what the occasions of.htm<a href="/library/clement/two_epistles_concerning_virginity/chapter_v_where_there_is_only.htm">Where There is Only one Woman, the Father Does not Make a Stay ...</a> ... to ourselves only, but that which is for the profit of many, so that they may be saved." [454] For this does not profit us, that another stumble because of us. ... /.../clement/two epistles concerning virginity/chapter v where there is only.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/self-mutilation_for_self-preservation.htm">Self-Mutilation for Self-Preservation</a> ... XVIII to XXVIII SELF-MUTILATION FOR SELF-PRESERVATION. 'If thy hand or thy foot causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee.'-MATT. xviii.8, RV ... /.../expositions of holy scripture b/self-mutilation for self-preservation.htm<a href="/library/origen/origens_commentary_on_the_gospel_of_matthew/23_peter_as_a_stumbling-block.htm">Peter as a Stumbling-Block to Jesus.</a> ... Who is made to stumble, and I burn not?" [5713] In harmony with which we may put, "Who is made to stumble, and I am not made to stumble?" But if Peter, at that ... /.../origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/23 peter as a stumbling-block.htm<a href="/library/origen/origens_commentary_on_the_gospel_of_matthew/17_the_little_ones_and.htm">The Little Ones and their Stumbling-Blocks.</a> ... is it that he who is converted and has become as the little children, is a little one among such as believe in Jesus, and is capable of being caused to stumble ... /.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/17 the little ones and.htm<a href="/library/origen/origens_commentary_on_the_gospel_of_matthew/24_the_offending_hand_or.htm">The Offending Hand, or Foot, or Eye.</a> ... body of the congregations of the church, who because of his practical gifts has the name of hand, should change and become a hand causing to stumble, let the ... /.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/24 the offending hand or.htm<a href="/library/chadwick/the_gospel_of_st_mark/chapter_9_38-50_offenses.htm">Offenses</a> ... And whosoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe on Me to stumble, it were better for him if a great millstone were hanged about his neck, and ... /.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 9 38-50 offenses.htm<a href="/library/origen/origens_commentary_on_the_gospel_of_matthew/40_discussion_of_the_saying.htm">Discussion of the Saying of Peter.</a> ... whether it is possible for any one to find occasion of stumbling in Jesus apart from the working of the devil who caused him to stumble; and whether it is ... /.../origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/40 discussion of the saying.htm<a href="/library/origen/origens_commentary_on_the_gospel_of_matthew/29_the_little_ones_and.htm">The Little Ones and the Perfect.</a> ... of all saints was this grace given," [6007] will seem to be in harmony with the saying, "Whoso shall cause one of these little ones to stumble," [6008] and "So ... /.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/29 the little ones and.htm<a href="/library/origen/origens_commentary_on_the_gospel_of_matthew/11_the_freedom_of_sons.htm">The Freedom of Sons.</a> ... not to offend even the kings of the earth, and their sons, and those who receive the half-shekel; wherefore He says, "Let us not cause them to stumble, but go ... /.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/11 the freedom of sons.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/stumble.htm">Stumble (89 Occurrences)</a> ... 5. (vt) To cause to stumble or trip. 6. (vt) Fig.: To mislead; to confound; to perplex; to cause to err or to fall. ...Stumble (89 Occurrences). ... /s/stumble.htm - 34k<a href="/topical/c/causeth.htm">Causeth (209 Occurrences)</a> ... Matthew 5:29 And if thy right eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should ... /c/causeth.htm - 38k<a href="/topical/o/offend.htm">Offend (24 Occurrences)</a> ... 4. (vt) To transgress; to violate; to sin against. 5. (vt) To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall. Int. ... /o/offend.htm - 23k<a href="/topical/b/better.htm">Better (218 Occurrences)</a> ... Matthew 18:6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around ... /b/better.htm - 38k<a href="/topical/g/gehenna.htm">Gehenna (12 Occurrences)</a> ... Matthew 5:29 If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. ... Mark 9:43 If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. ... /g/gehenna.htm - 15k<a href="/topical/r/rather.htm">Rather (176 Occurrences)</a> ... Matthew 18:8 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. ... Mark 9:43 If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. ... /r/rather.htm - 36k<a href="/topical/t/trip.htm">Trip (4 Occurrences)</a> ... 3. (ni) To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble. ... /t/trip.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/c/cause.htm">Cause (1309 Occurrences)</a> ... put into prison. (BBE). Matthew 5:29 If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is ... /c/cause.htm - 39k<a href="/topical/o/offence.htm">Offence (27 Occurrences)</a> ... skandalon, translated in the King James Version, "offend," "offence," the Revised Version (British and American) gives "cause to stumble," "stumbling-block ... /o/offence.htm - 25k<a href="/topical/c/causes.htm">Causes (89 Occurrences)</a> ... Multi-Version Concordance Causes (89 Occurrences). Matthew 5:29 If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. ... /c/causes.htm - 33k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/causing-to-stumble.html">What does it mean that we are not to cause others to stumble? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.blog/millstone-award.html">What is the millstone award? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/evangelization-of-children.html">What does the Bible say about the evangelization of children? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/stumble.htm">Stumble: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Stumble (89 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/5-29.htm">Matthew 5:29</a> If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna. (WEB ASV YLT NAS)<a href="/matthew/5-30.htm">Matthew 5:30</a> If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna. (WEB ASV YLT NAS)<a href="/matthew/11-6.htm">Matthew 11:6</a> and blessed is every one who does not stumble and fall because of my claims." (WEY YLT)<a href="/matthew/17-27.htm">Matthew 17:27</a> But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you." (WEB ASV YLT)<a href="/matthew/18-6.htm">Matthew 18:6</a> but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea. (WEB ASV YLT NAS)<a href="/matthew/18-8.htm">Matthew 18:8</a> If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire. (WEB ASV YLT NAS)<a href="/matthew/18-9.htm">Matthew 18:9</a> If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire. (WEB ASV YLT NAS)<a href="/matthew/24-10.htm">Matthew 24:10</a> Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another. (WEB WEY ASV YLT)<a href="/matthew/26-31.htm">Matthew 26:31</a> Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written,'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.' (WEB WEY YLT)<a href="/matthew/26-33.htm">Matthew 26:33</a> But Peter answered him, "Even if all will be made to stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble." (WEB WEY YLT)<a href="/mark/4-17.htm">Mark 4:17</a> They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble. (WEB ASV YLT)<a href="/mark/9-42.htm">Mark 9:42</a> Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he was thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck. (WEB ASV YLT NAS)<a href="/mark/9-43.htm">Mark 9:43</a> If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire, (WEB ASV YLT NAS)<a href="/mark/9-45.htm">Mark 9:45</a> If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire that will never be quenched- (WEB ASV YLT NAS)<a href="/mark/9-47.htm">Mark 9:47</a> If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire, (WEB ASV YLT NAS)<a href="/mark/14-27.htm">Mark 14:27</a> Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written,'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.' (WEB WEY YLT)<a href="/mark/14-29.htm">Mark 14:29</a> "All may stumble and fall," said Peter, "yet I never will." (WEY YLT)<a href="/luke/7-23.htm">Luke 7:23</a> And blessed is every one who does not stumble and fall because of my claims." (WEY YLT)<a href="/luke/17-2.htm">Luke 17:2</a> It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble. (WEB ASV YLT NAS)<a href="/john/6-61.htm">John 6:61</a> But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, "Does this cause you to stumble? (WEB ASV YLT NAS)<a href="/john/11-9.htm">John 11:9</a> Jesus answered, "Aren't there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn't stumble, because he sees the light of this world. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/john/11-10.htm">John 11:10</a> But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn't in him." (Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/john/16-1.htm">John 16:1</a> "These things have I spoken to you, so that you wouldn't be caused to stumble. (WEB ASV YLT)<a href="/romans/9-32.htm">Romans 9:32</a> Why? Because they didn't seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone; (Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/romans/9-33.htm">Romans 9:33</a> in agreement with the statement of Scripture, "See, I am placing on Mount Zion a stone for people to stumble at, and a rock for them to trip over, and yet he whose faith rests upon it shall never have reason to feel ashamed." (WEY RSV NIV)<a href="/romans/11-11.htm">Romans 11:11</a> I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/romans/14-20.htm">Romans 14:20</a> for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, 'are' pure, but evil 'is' to the man who is eating through stumbling. (See NIV)<a href="/romans/14-21.htm">Romans 14:21</a> It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak. (Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/1_corinthians/8-13.htm">1 Corinthians 8:13</a> Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forevermore, that I don't cause my brother to stumble. (WEB ASV YLT NAS)<a href="/1_corinthians/10-32.htm">1 Corinthians 10:32</a> Do not be causes of stumbling either to Jews or to Gentiles, nor to the Church of God. (See NIV)<a href="/2_corinthians/11-29.htm">2 Corinthians 11:29</a> Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don't burn with indignation? (WEB ASV DBY YLT)<a href="/james/2-10.htm">James 2:10</a> For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all. (Root in WEB ASV YLT NAS NIV)<a href="/james/3-2.htm">James 3:2</a> For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn't stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also. (WEB WEY ASV YLT NAS NIV)<a href="/1_peter/2-8.htm">1 Peter 2:8</a> and, "a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense." For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_peter/1-10.htm">2 Peter 1:10</a> Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble. (WEB WEY ASV YLT NAS)<a href="/1_john/2-10.htm">1 John 2:10</a> he who is loving his brother, in the light he doth remain, and a stumbling-block in him there is not; (See NIV)<a href="/leviticus/26-37.htm">Leviticus 26:37</a> They will stumble over one another, as it were before the sword, when no one pursues: and you will have no power to stand before your enemies. (WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/25-8.htm">2 Chronicles 25:8</a> but if thou art going -- do 'it', be strong for battle, God doth cause thee to stumble before an enemy, for there is power in God to help, and to cause to stumble.' (YLT)<a href="/2_chronicles/28-23.htm">2 Chronicles 28:23</a> and he sacrificeth to the gods of Damascus -- those smiting him, and saith, 'Because the gods of the kings of Aram are helping them, to them I sacrifice, and they help me,' and they have been to him to cause him to stumble, and to all Israel. (YLT)<a href="/job/12-5.htm">Job 12:5</a> He that is ready to stumble with the foot is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. (DBY)<a href="/psalms/9-3.htm">Psalms 9:3</a> When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence. (WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/27-2.htm">Psalms 27:2</a> When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/37-24.htm">Psalms 37:24</a> Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand. (WEB NIV)<a href="/psalms/64-8.htm">Psalms 64:8</a> So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head. (ASV YLT NAS)<a href="/psalms/119-165.htm">Psalms 119:165</a> Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble. (WEB DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/proverbs/3-23.htm">Proverbs 3:23</a> Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won't stumble. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/proverbs/4-12.htm">Proverbs 4:12</a> When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/proverbs/4-16.htm">Proverbs 4:16</a> For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not 'some' to stumble. (YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/proverbs/4-19.htm">Proverbs 4:19</a> The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/proverbs/24-16.htm">Proverbs 24:16</a> For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity. (See JPS DBY YLT NAS)<a href="/isaiah/5-27.htm">Isaiah 5:27</a> None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the belt of their waist be untied, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/8-14.htm">Isaiah 8:14</a> And He shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/isaiah/8-15.htm">Isaiah 8:15</a> Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/28-7.htm">Isaiah 28:7</a> They also reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/28-13.htm">Isaiah 28:13</a> And to whom a word of Jehovah hath been, Rule on rule, rule on rule, line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there, So that they go and have stumbled backward, And been broken, and snared, and captured. (Root in YLT NAS)<a href="/isaiah/31-3.htm">Isaiah 31:3</a> Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When Yahweh stretches out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together. (WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/40-30.htm">Isaiah 40:30</a> Even the youths shall faint and shall tire, and the young men shall stumble and fall; (DBY YLT NAS NIV)<a href="/isaiah/59-10.htm">Isaiah 59:10</a> We grope for the wall like the blind; yes, we grope as those who have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among those who are lusty we are as dead men. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/63-13.htm">Isaiah 63:13</a> who led them through the depths, as a horse in the wilderness, so that they didn't stumble? (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/6-15.htm">Jeremiah 6:15</a> Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah. (See JPS DBY YLT)<a href="/jeremiah/6-21.htm">Jeremiah 6:21</a> Therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; and the fathers and the sons together shall stumble against them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish. (WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/8-12.htm">Jeremiah 8:12</a> Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah. (See JPS DBY YLT)<a href="/jeremiah/10-4.htm">Jeremiah 10:4</a> With silver and with gold they beautify it, With nails and with hammers they fix it, And it doth not stumble. (YLT)<a href="/jeremiah/12-5.htm">Jeremiah 12:5</a> If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? and though in a land of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the Jordan? (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/13-16.htm">Jeremiah 13:16</a> Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/18-15.htm">Jeremiah 18:15</a> For my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to false gods; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up; (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/18-23.htm">Jeremiah 18:23</a> Yet, Jehovah, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me; forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight; but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thou with them in the time of thine anger. (See JPS YLT)<a href="/jeremiah/20-11.htm">Jeremiah 20:11</a> But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly disappointed, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/31-9.htm">Jeremiah 31:9</a> They shall come with weeping; and with petitions will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/46-6.htm">Jeremiah 46:6</a> Don't let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/46-12.htm">Jeremiah 46:12</a> The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/46-16.htm">Jeremiah 46:16</a> He made many to stumble, yes, they fell one on another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword. (WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/50-32.htm">Jeremiah 50:32</a> The proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all who are around him. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/lamentations/1-14.htm">Lamentations 1:14</a> Bound hath been the yoke of my transgressions by His hand, They are wrapped together, They have gone up on my neck, He hath caused my power to stumble, The Lord hath given me into hands, I am not able to rise. (YLT)<a href="/ezekiel/7-19.htm">Ezekiel 7:19</a> Their silver into out-places they cast, And their gold impurity becometh. Their silver and their gold is not able to deliver them, In a day of the wrath of Jehovah, Their soul they do not satisfy, And their bowels they do not fill, For the stumbling-block of their iniquity it hath been. (See NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/36-14.htm">Ezekiel 36:14</a> Therefore, man thou devourest no more, And thy nations thou causest not to stumble any more, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah. (YLT)<a href="/ezekiel/36-15.htm">Ezekiel 36:15</a> neither will I let you hear any more the shame of the nations, neither shall you bear the reproach of the peoples any more, neither shall you cause your nation to stumble any more, says the Lord Yahweh. (WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/daniel/11-14.htm">Daniel 11:14</a> And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the children of the violent among thy people shall lift themselves up to establish the vision; but they shall fall. (See JPS YLT)<a href="/daniel/11-19.htm">Daniel 11:19</a> Then he shall turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land; but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/daniel/11-33.htm">Daniel 11:33</a> And they that are wise among the people shall instruct many; yet they shall fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by spoil, many days. (See JPS YLT)<a href="/daniel/11-34.htm">Daniel 11:34</a> Now when they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help; but many shall join themselves unto them with flatteries. (See JPS)<a href="/daniel/11-35.htm">Daniel 11:35</a> And some of them that are wise shall fall, to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for the time appointed. (See JPS YLT NIV)<a href="/daniel/11-41.htm">Daniel 11:41</a> and hath come into the desirable land, and many do stumble, and these escape from his hand: Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the sons of Ammon. (YLT)<a href="/hosea/4-5.htm">Hosea 4:5</a> You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will also stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother. (WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/hosea/5-5.htm">Hosea 5:5</a> The pride of Israel testifies to his face. Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity. Judah also will stumble with them. (WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/hosea/14-9.htm">Hosea 14:9</a> Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them. (WEB JPS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/nahum/2-5.htm">Nahum 2:5</a> He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/nahum/3-3.htm">Nahum 3:3</a> the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies. They stumble on their bodies, (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/malachi/2-8.htm">Malachi 2:8</a> But you have turned aside out of the way. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi," says Yahweh of Armies. 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