Isaiah 8:15

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Matt 21:44 : 44 And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.
  • Isa 28:13 : 13 Therefore 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.
  • Isa 59:10 : 10 We grope for the wall like the blind; yea, we grope as they that have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among them that are lusty we are as dead men.
  • Matt 11:6 : 6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me.
  • Matt 15:14 : 14 Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.
  • Luke 20:17-18 : 17 But 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? 18 Every one that falleth on that stone shall be broken to pieces; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.
  • John 6:66 : 66 Upon this many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
  • Rom 9:32 : 32 Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;
  • 1 Cor 1:23 : 23 but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolishness;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 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.

  • 1 Pet 2:6-8
    3 verses
    82%

    6 Because 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.

    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;

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

  • Rom 9:32-33
    2 verses
    79%

    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.

  • 21 Therefore 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.

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    17 But 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?

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

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

  • 13 Therefore 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.

  • Job 18:7-10
    4 verses
    75%

    7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.

    8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.

    9 A gin shall take [him] by the heel, [And] a snare shall lay hold on him.

    10 A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.

  • 16 Bind thou up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

  • 10 And then shall many stumble, and shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.

  • 16 therefore 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.

  • 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.

  • 8 So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.

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

  • 15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is taken shall fall by the sword.

  • 16 He made many to stumble, yea, they fell one upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.

  • 27 And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad.

  • 13 therefore 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.

  • 12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.

  • Dan 11:33-34
    2 verses
    71%

    33 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.

    34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help; but many shall join themselves unto them with flatteries.

  • 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.

  • 12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

  • 31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended in me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

  • 40 They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.

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

  • 15 The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

  • Zech 12:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2 behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling unto all the peoples round about, and upon Judah also shall it be in the siege against Jerusalem.

    3 And 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.

  • 8 Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.

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

  • 7 Woe 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!

  • 15 He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

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

  • 8 Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.

  • 13 And 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.

  • 14 Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.

  • 8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

  • 15 Behold, they may gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall because of thee.

  • 16 For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

  • 18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.

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

  • 22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited.