Verse 18

Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it falls, it will crush them.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 8:14-15 : 14 He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel he will be a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, he will be a trap and a snare. 15 Many will stumble over it; they will fall and be broken, they will be ensnared and captured.
  • Dan 2:34-35 : 34 While you were watching, a stone was cut out, not by human hands. It struck the statue on its iron and clay feet and broke them into pieces. 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were all crushed together and became like chaff from a summer threshing floor. The wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
  • Dan 2:44-45 : 44 In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will establish a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will stand forever. 45 This is because you saw a stone cut out from a mountain without human hands, and it crushed the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold. The great God has made known to the king what will happen in the future. The dream is certain, and its interpretation is trustworthy.
  • Zech 12:3 : 3 And on that day, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who try to lift it will be severely injured, and all the nations of the earth will gather against her.
  • Matt 21:34 : 34 When the time came to harvest the fruit, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.
  • Matt 21:44 : 44 Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it falls, it will crush him to powder.
  • 1 Thess 2:16 : 16 They forbid us to speak to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way, they constantly fill up the measure of their sins. But the wrath of God has come upon them fully.