1 Peter 2:8

American Standard Version (1901)

and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

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  • Isa 8:14 : 14 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.
  • Rom 9:22 : 22 What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction:
  • 1 Cor 1:23 : 23 but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolishness;
  • Rom 9:32-33 : 32 Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling; 33 even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.
  • Jude 1:4 : 4 For there are certain men crept in privily, [even] they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
  • Exod 9:16 : 16 but in very deed for this cause have I made thee to stand, to show thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
  • Isa 57:14 : 14 And he will say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.
  • Luke 2:34 : 34 and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this [child] is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel; and for a sign which is spoken against;
  • 2 Cor 2:16 : 16 to the one a savor from death unto death; to the other a savor from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
  • 1 Thess 5:9 : 9 For God appointed us not into wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • 1 Pet 2:7 : 7 For you therefore that believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Pet 2:3-7
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    3if ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious:

    4unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious,

    5ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

    6Because it is contained in scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.

    7For you therefore that believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;

  • Rom 9:32-33
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    32Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;

    33even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.

  • Isa 8:14-15
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    14And 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.

    15And many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

  • Acts 4:11
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    11He is the stone which was set at nought of you the builders, which was made the head of the corner.

  • Luke 20:17-18
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    17But he looked upon them, and said, What then is this that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner?

    18Every one that falleth on that stone shall be broken to pieces; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.

  • Matt 21:44
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    44And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.

  • Ps 118:22
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    22The stone which the builders rejected Is become the head of the corner.

  • Mark 12:10
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    10Have ye not read even this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;

  • Matt 21:42
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    42Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; This was from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes?

  • Isa 28:16
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    16therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-[ stone] of sure foundation: he that believeth shall not be in haste.

  • Rom 11:8-11
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    8according as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this very day.

    9And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, And a stumblingblock, and a recompense unto them:

    10Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their back always.

    11I say then, Did they stumble that they might fall? God forbid: but by their fall salvation [is come] unto the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

  • Jer 6:21
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    21Therefore thus saith Jehovah, 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.

  • Matt 18:7
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    7Woe unto the world because of occasions of stumbling! for it must needs be that the occasions come; but woe to that man through whom the occasion cometh!

  • 1 Pet 2:9
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    9But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God's] own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

  • Rom 2:8
    70%

    8but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, [shall be] wrath and indignation,

  • 1 Cor 1:23
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    23but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolishness;

  • Luke 8:13
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    13And those on the rock [are] they who, when they have heard, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

  • Isa 28:13
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    13Therefore shall the word of Jehovah be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

  • Luke 17:1-2
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    1And he said unto his disciples, It is impossible but that occasions of stumbling should come; but woe unto him, through whom they come!

    2It were well for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

  • Eph 2:20
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    20being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone;

  • Mal 2:8
    68%

    8But ye are turned aside out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.

  • 2 Pet 3:16-17
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    68%

    16as also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these things; wherein are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstedfast wrest, as [they do] also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

    17Ye therefore, beloved, knowing [these things] beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness.

  • Isa 30:12-13
    2 verses
    68%

    12Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely thereon;

    13therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly in an instant.

  • Ps 73:18
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    18Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.

  • Isa 57:14
    67%

    14And he will say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.

  • Rom 2:5
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    5but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

  • Prov 4:19
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    19The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.

  • John 16:1
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    1These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be caused to stumble.

  • Heb 11:37
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    37they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tempted, they were slain with the sword: they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated

  • 2 Pet 2:10
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    10but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise dominion. Daring, self-willed, they tremble not to rail at dignities:

  • Matt 11:6
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    6And blessed is he, whosoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me.

  • 2 Thess 2:12
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    12that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

  • 1 Thess 2:15
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    15who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and pleased not God, and are contrary to all men;

  • Heb 2:2
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    2For if the word spoken through angels proved stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward;

  • Neh 9:26
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    26Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and slew thy prophets that testified against them to turn them again unto thee, and they wrought great provocations.

  • Zech 12:3
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    3And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples; all that burden themselves with it shall be sore wounded; and all the nations of the earth shall be gathered together against it.

  • Jude 1:4
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    4For there are certain men crept in privily, [even] they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.