Luke 2:34 And Simeon
blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this [
child] is
set for the fall
and rising again of many in Israel; and
for a sign which shall be spoken against;
Isaiah 8:14-
15 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. ... And many among them shall
stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
Matthew 11:6 And
blessed is [
he],
whosoever shall not be offended in me.
Matthew 13:57-
58 And
they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them,
A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. ... And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
John 6:60-
66 Many therefore
of his disciples, when they had heard [
this], said,
This is an hard saying; who can hear it? ... From that [
time] many
of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
Romans 9:32-
33 Wherefore?
Because [
they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For
they stumbled at that stumblingstone; ... As it is written,
Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence:
and whosoever believeth on him shall not be
ashamed.
1 Corinthians 1:21-
28 For after that
in the wisdom of God
the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by
the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. ... And base things of the world, and
things which are despised, hath God chosen, [
yea], and things which are not,
to bring to nought things that are:
1 Corinthians 2:14 But
the natural man receiveth not
the things of the Spirit of God: for
they are foolishness unto him:
neither can he know [
them], because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Peter 2:7-
8 Unto
you therefore which believe [
he is]
precious: but unto them
which be disobedient,
the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made
the head of the corner, ... And
a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, [
even to them] which stumble at the word,
being disobedient:
whereunto also they were appointed.