1 Peter 2:8

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is “The stone that trips you up and the rock that makes you fall.” People stumble over this message because they refuse to accept it—which for them is entirely predictable.

Cross References

Job 23:14

So he will finish whatever he has planned for me—and he has many plans for me.

Exodus 9:16

However, I have let you live so you can see my power, and that my reputation may be spread throughout the earth.

Isaiah 37:26

The Lord replies, “Haven't you heard? I decided it long ago; I planned it in the olden days. Now I am making sure it happens—that you are to knock down fortified towns into piles of rubble.

Isaiah 57:14

He will say, Build a highway, remove anything that's in the way of my people.

Isaiah 8:14

He will be a sanctuary for you. But to the royal families of both Israel and Judah he will be a stone they trip over and a rock that makes them stumble, a trap and a snare to the people who live in Jerusalem.

Luke 2:34

Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Jesus' mother Mary, “This child is destined to cause many in Israel to fall and many to rise. He is a sign from God that many will reject,

Romans 9:22

It's as if God, wanting to demonstrate his opposition to sin and to reveal his power, bears patiently with these “pots destined for destruction,”

1 Corinthians 1:23

but our message is of Christ killed on a cross—offensive to the Jews, and foolishness to the foreigners.

2 Corinthians 2:16

To those who are dying it is the smell of decay, while to those who are being saved it is the scent of life! But who is up to such an assignment?

Galatians 5:11

As for me, brothers and sisters, if I were still advocating circumcision—why am I still persecuted? If that was true, it would remove the issue of the cross that offends people so much.

1 Thessalonians 5:9

For God hasn't placed us in a position to be punished, but has reserved us for salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 2:6

As Scripture says, “See! I'm setting in Zion its main cornerstone, specially-chosen and valuable. Whoever trusts in him will not be disappointed.”

1 Peter 2:7

He is very valuable to you who do trust. But for those who don't, “The stone the builders rejected that became the main cornerstone”

2 Peter 2:3

They will greedily exploit you with false tales. However, they are already condemned: their sentence has been hanging over them for a long time, and their destruction won't be postponed.

Jude 1:4

For some people have quietly crept in among you. They were written about and condemned a long time ago, for they are wicked people who pervert God's grace, turning it into a license to immorality, while also denying our Lord and master Jesus Christ.