1 Peter 2:8
And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.
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1 Peter 2:8
And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.
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1 Peter 2:4
To whom you come, as to a living stone, not honoured by men, but of great and special value to God;
1 Peter 2:5
You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:6
Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame.
1 Peter 2:7
And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone which the builders put on one side, was made the chief stone of the building;
Matthew 21:43
For this reason I say to you, The kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.
Matthew 21:44
Any man falling on this stone will be broken, but he on whom it comes down will be crushed to dust.
Ephesians 2:20
Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,
Ephesians 2:21
In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord;
Ephesians 2:22
In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a living-place of God in the Spirit.
Matthew 16:18
And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will my church be based, and the doors of hell will not overcome it.
Mark 12:11
This was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?
Matthew 21:23
And when he had come into the Temple, the chief priests and those in authority over the people came to him while he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? and who gave you this authority?
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Romans 9:33
As it is said, See, I am putting in Zion a stone causing a fall, and a rock in the way: but he who has faith in him will not be put to shame.
Isaiah 8:13
But let the Lord of armies be holy to you, and go in fear of him, giving honour to him.
Isaiah 8:14
And he will be for a holy place: but for a stone of falling and a rock of trouble to the two houses of Israel, and to the men of Jerusalem, for a net in which they may be taken.
Isaiah 8:15
And numbers of them, falling on the stone, will be broken, and will be taken in the net.
2 Corinthians 2:15
For we are a sweet perfume of Christ to God in those who are getting salvation and in those who are going to destruction;
2 Corinthians 2:16
To the one it is a perfume of death to death; to the other a perfume of life to life. And who is enough for such things?
Hosea 14:9
He who is wise will see these things; he who has good sense will have knowledge of them. For the ways of the Lord are straight, and the upright will go in them, but sinners will be falling in them.
Jeremiah 6:21
For this reason the Lord has said, See, I will put stones in the way of this people: and the fathers and the sons together will go falling over them; the neighbour and his friend will come to destruction.
Matthew 13:57
And they were bitter against him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour but in his country and among his family.
Romans 11:9
And David says, Let their table be made a net for taking them, and a stone in their way, and a punishment:
Psalms 69:22
Let their table before them be for their destruction; let their feasts become a net to take them.
Isaiah 28:13
For this cause the word of the Lord will be to them rule after rule, line after line, here a little, there a little; so that they may go on their way, and falling back may be broken, and taken in the net.
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Romans 9:32
Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;
Luke 2:34
And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;
1 Corinthians 1:23
But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;
Ezekiel 3:20
Again, when an upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, and I put a cause of falling in his way, death will overtake him: because you have given him no word of his danger, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, and there will be no memory of the upright acts which he has done; but I will make you responsible for his blood.
Psalms 119:165
Great peace have lovers of your law; they have no cause for falling.
Isaiah 57:14
And I will say, Make it high, make it high, get ready the way, take the stones out of the way of my people.
Ezekiel 7:19
They will put out their silver into the streets, and their gold will be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the wrath of the Lord; they will not get their desire or have food for their need: because it has been the cause of their falling into sin.
Ezekiel 14:3
Son of man, these men have taken their false gods into their hearts and put before their faces the sin which is the cause of their fall: am I to give ear when they come to me for directions?
Matthew 13:21
But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts.
Matthew 16:23
But he, turning to Peter, said, Get out of my way, Satan: you are a danger to me because your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.
John 3:19
And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.
Romans 14:13
Then let us not be judges of one another any longer: but keep this in mind, that no man is to make it hard for his brother, or give him cause for doubting.
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Isaiah 28:16
For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way.
Acts 4:11
He is the stone which you builders had no use for, but which has been made the chief stone of the building.
Acts 4:12
And in no other is there salvation: for there is no other name under heaven, given among men, through which we may have salvation.
Psalms 118:22
The stone which the builders put on one side has become the chief stone of the building.
Psalms 118:23
This is the Lord's doing; it is a wonder in our eyes.
Matthew 21:42
Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?
Luke 20:17
But he, looking on them, said, Is it not in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has become the chief stone of the building?
Luke 20:18
Everyone falling on that stone will be broken, but the man on whom the stone comes down will be crushed to dust.
Zechariah 3:9
For see, the stone which I have put before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes: see, the design cut on it will be my work, says the Lord of armies, and I will take away the sin of that land in one day.
Mark 12:10
Have you not seen this which is in the Writings: The stone which the builders put on one side, the same was made the chief stone of the building:
1 Corinthians 3:11
For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ.
Genesis 49:24
But their bows were broken by a strong one, and the cords of their arms were cut by the Strength of Jacob, by the name of the Stone of Israel:
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1 Peter 2:9
But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.
1 Peter 2:10
In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you.
Isaiah 61:6
But you will be named the priests of the Lord, the servants of our God: you will have the wealth of the nations for your food, and you will be clothed with their glory.
Galatians 6:16
And on all who are guided by this rule be peace and mercy, and on the Israel of God.
Revelation 1:6
And has made us to be a kingdom and priests to his God and Father; to him let glory and power be given for ever and ever. So be it.
Revelation 5:10
And have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they are ruling on the earth.
Exodus 19:6
And you will be a kingdom of priests to me, and a holy nation. These are the words which you are to say to the children of Israel.
Romans 9:6
But it is not as if the word of God was without effect. For they are not all Israel, who are of Israel:
Galatians 3:29
And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.
Revelation 20:6
Happy and holy is he who has a part in this first coming: over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will be ruling with him a thousand years.
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Romans 9:21
Or has not the potter the right to make out of one part of his earth a vessel for honour, and out of another a vessel for shame?
Romans 9:22
What if God, desiring to let his wrath and his power be seen, for a long time put up with the vessels of wrath which were ready for destruction:
Exodus 9:16
But, for this very reason, I have kept you from destruction, to make clear to you my power, and so that my name may be honoured through all the earth.
Romans 9:17
For the holy Writings say to Pharaoh, For this same purpose did I put you on high, so that I might make my power seen in you, and that there might be knowledge of my name through all the earth.
Romans 9:18
So then, at his pleasure he has mercy on a man, and at his pleasure he makes the heart hard.
Proverbs 16:4
The Lord has made everything for his purpose, even the sinner for the day of evil.
John 15:16
You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.
2 Timothy 1:11
Of which I was made a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher;
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1 Thessalonians 5:9
For God's purpose for us is not wrath, but salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Jude 1:4
For certain men have come among you secretly, marked out before in the holy Writings for this evil fate, men without the fear of God, turning his grace into an unclean thing, and false to our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 2:3
And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.
1 Peter 3:20
Who, in the days of Noah, went against God's orders; but God in his mercy kept back the punishment, while Noah got ready the ark, in which a small number, that is to say eight persons, got salvation through water:
Deuteronomy 32:35
Punishment is mine and reward, at the time of the slipping of their feet: for the day of their downfall is near, sudden will be their fate.
2 Peter 2:1
But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.
2 Peter 2:9
The Lord is able to keep the upright safe in the time of testing, and to keep evil-doers under punishment till the day of judging;
2 Peter 3:16
And as he said in all his letters, which had to do with these things; in which are some hard sayings, so that, like the rest of the holy Writings, they are twisted by those who are uncertain and without knowledge, to the destruction of their souls.
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Matthew 11:6
And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.
Galatians 5:11
But I, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still attacked? then has the shame of the cross been taken away.
Matthew 24:10
And numbers of people will be turned from the right way, and will give one another up and have hate for one another.
Matthew 26:31
Then said Jesus to them, All of you will be turned away from me this night: for it is said in the Writings, I will put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep of the flock will be put to flight.
Luke 2:35
(And a sword will go through your heart;) so that the secret thoughts of men may come to light.
John 9:39
And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.
Romans 14:20
Do not let the work of God come to nothing on account of food. All things are certainly clean; but it is evil for that man who by taking food makes it hard for another.
Romans 14:21
It is better not to take meat or wine or to do anything which might be a cause of trouble to your brother.
Ezekiel 44:12
Because they did this work for them before their images, and became a cause of sin to the children of Israel; for this cause my hand has been lifted up against them, says the Lord, and their punishment will be on them.
Matthew 18:7
A curse is on the earth because of trouble! for it is necessary for trouble to come; but unhappy is that man through whom the trouble comes.
John 6:66
Because of what he said, a number of the disciples went back and would no longer go with him.
John 16:1
I have said these things to you so that you may not be in doubt.
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1 Peter 3:1
Wives, be ruled by your husbands; so that even if some of them give no attention to the word, their hearts may be changed by the behaviour of their wives,
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1 Peter 4:17
For the time has come for the judging, starting with the church of God; but if it makes a start with us, what will be the end of those who are not under the rule of God?
Jeremiah 20:8
For every word I say is a cry for help; I say with a loud voice, Violent behaviour and wasting: because the word of the Lord is made a shame to me and a cause of laughing all the day.
Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw such a great number of people, they were full of envy and said evil words against Paul's preaching.
Romans 10:21
But about Israel he says; All the day my hands have been stretched out to a people whose hearts were turned away, and who put themselves against my word.
1 Thessalonians 2:16
Who, to make the measure of their sins complete, kept us from giving the word of salvation to the Gentiles: but the wrath of God is about to come on them in the fullest degree.
2 Thessalonians 1:8
To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:
Hebrews 3:18
And to whom did he make an oath that they might not come into his rest? was it not to those who went against his orders?
Hebrews 11:31
By faith Rahab, the loose woman, was not put to death with those who had gone against God's orders, because she had taken into her house in peace those sent to see the land.
1 Peter 1:22
And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:
1 Peter 2:1
So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,
1 Peter 2:3
If you have had a taste of the grace of the Lord:
1 Peter 2:12
Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.
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Acts 4:27
For, truly, in this town, against your holy servant, Jesus, who was marked out by you as Christ, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together,
Acts 4:28
To do that which had been fixed before by your hand and your purpose.
Genesis 50:20
As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God has given a happy outcome, the salvation of numbers of people, as you see today.
Isaiah 14:27
For it is the purpose of the Lord of armies, and who will make it of no effect? when his hand is stretched out, by whom may it be turned back?
Isaiah 46:10
Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure;
Isaiah 46:11
Sending for a bird of strong flight from the east, the man of my purpose from a far country; I have said it, and I will give effect to it; the thing designed by me will certainly be done.
Acts 2:23
Him, when he was given up, by the decision and knowledge of God, you put to death on the cross, by the hands of evil men:
Psalms 76:10
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Proverbs 19:21
A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.
Proverbs 21:30
Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.
Luke 22:22
For it will be done to the Son of man after the purpose of God, but unhappy is that man by whom he is given up.
Acts 5:39
But if it is of God, you will not be able to overcome them, and you are in danger of fighting against God.
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Proverbs 4:19
The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.
Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.
Proverbs 3:23
Then you will go safely on your way, and your feet will have no cause for slipping.
1 John 2:10
He who has love for his brother is in the light, and there is no cause of error in him.
1 John 2:11
But he who has hate for his brother is in the dark, walking in the dark with no knowledge of where he is going, unable to see because of the dark.
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Isaiah 60:12
For the nation or kingdom which will not be your servant will come to destruction; such nations will be completely waste.
Luke 19:27
And as for those who were against me, who would not have me for their ruler, let them come here, and be put to death before me.
Psalms 2:8
Make your request to me, and I will give you the nations for your heritage, and the farthest limits of the earth will be under your hand.
Psalms 2:9
They will be ruled by you with a rod of iron; they will be broken like a potter's vessel.
Psalms 2:12
For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to come on you, because he is quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all those who put their faith in him.
Jeremiah 12:17
But if they will not give ear, then I will have that nation uprooted, and given to destruction, says the Lord.
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2 Thessalonians 2:9
Even the one whose coming is marked by the working of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,
2 Thessalonians 2:10
And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation.
2 Thessalonians 2:11
And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false:
2 Thessalonians 2:12
So that they all may be judged, who had no faith in what is true, but took pleasure in evil.
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Revelation 2:14
But I have some things against you, because you have with you those who keep the teaching of Balaam, by whose suggestion Balak made the children of Israel go out of the right way, taking food which was offered to false gods, and going after the desires of the flesh.
John 10:26
But you have no belief because you are not of my sheep.
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