Luke 2:34
Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.
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Luke 2:34
Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.
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Luke 2:28
then he received him into his arms and blessed God, and said,
Luke 2:29
“Now you are releasing your servant, Master, according to your word, in peace;
Luke 2:30
for my eyes have seen your salvation,
Luke 2:31
which you have prepared before the face of all peoples;
Luke 2:32
a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel.”
Luke 2:33
Joseph and his mother were marveling at the things which were spoken concerning him.
Luke 2:34
Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.
Luke 2:35
Yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul, that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”
Isaiah 66:19
“I will set a sign among them, and I will send those who escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to far-away islands, who have not heard my fame, nor have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.
Isaiah 40:11
He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.
Luke 1:42
She called out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
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Isaiah 8:14
He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a stumbling stone and a rock that makes them fall. For the people of Jerusalem, he will be a trap and a snare.
Isaiah 8:15
Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured.”
Matthew 21:42
Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes’?
Matthew 21:43
“Therefore I tell you, God’s Kingdom will be taken away from you and will be given to a nation producing its fruit.
Matthew 21:44
He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust.”
Romans 9:32
Why? Because they didn’t seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
Romans 9:33
even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.”
Isaiah 28:16
Therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.
Hosea 14:9
Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.
Luke 20:17
But he looked at them and said, “Then what is this that is written, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the chief cornerstone?’
Luke 20:18
Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust.”
Romans 11:11
I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
Acts 4:11
He is ‘the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.’
Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.
Romans 11:9
David says, “Let their table be made a snare, a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.
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1 Peter 2:6
Because it is contained in Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen and precious. He who believes in him will not be disappointed.”
1 Peter 2:7
For you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone,”
1 Peter 2:8
and, “a stumbling stone and a rock of offense.” For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.
1 Peter 2:4
Come to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.
Ephesians 2:20
being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;
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1 Corinthians 1:23
but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Greeks,
1 Corinthians 1:24
but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God;
Matthew 11:6
Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me.”
Matthew 13:57
They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country and in his own house.”
Luke 7:23
Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me.”
John 6:60
Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?”
John 6:61
But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, “Does this cause you to stumble?
Isaiah 53:3
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him.
Mark 6:3
Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judah, and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” So they were offended at him.
Luke 4:28
They were all filled with wrath in the synagogue as they heard these things.
Luke 4:29
They rose up, threw him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill that their city was built on, that they might throw him off the cliff.
Galatians 5:11
But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.
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Isaiah 8:18
Behold, I and the children whom Yahweh has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Yahweh of Armies, who dwells in Mount Zion.
Psalms 71:7
I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge.
Zechariah 3:8
Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you, for they are men who are a sign; for, behold, I will bring out my servant, the Branch.
1 Corinthians 4:9
For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.
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John 9:39
Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, that those who don’t see may see; and that those who see may become blind.”
2 Corinthians 2:15
For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God in those who are saved and in those who perish:
2 Corinthians 2:16
to the one a stench from death to death, to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
Ezekiel 14:8
I will set my face against that man and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from among my people. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.
John 3:17
For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
John 3:20
For everyone who does evil hates the light and doesn’t come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.
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Acts 28:22
But we desire to hear from you what you think. For, as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.”
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Hebrews 7:7
But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.
Genesis 14:19
He blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth.
Genesis 47:7
Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Joshua 14:13
Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
Joshua 22:6
So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents.
1 Samuel 2:20
Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, “May Yahweh give you offspring from this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh.” Then they went to their own home.
2 Samuel 13:25
The king said to Absalom, “No, my son, let’s not all go, lest we be burdensome to you.” He pressed him; however he would not go, but blessed him.
Genesis 27:27
He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, “Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Yahweh has blessed.
Genesis 28:1
Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
Genesis 47:10
Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.
Exodus 39:43
Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it as Yahweh had commanded. They had done so; and Moses blessed them.
2 Samuel 6:18
When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh of Armies.
2 Samuel 6:20
Then David returned to bless his household. Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, “How glorious the king of Israel was today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of his servants’ maids, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!”
1 Kings 8:14
The king turned his face around and blessed all the assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Israel stood.
Luke 24:50
He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands and blessed them.
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Genesis 48:14
Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
Genesis 48:15
He blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,
Genesis 48:16
the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
Mark 10:16
He took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.
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1 Thessalonians 3:3
that no one would be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.
Hebrews 12:3
For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.
Job 16:12
I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.
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1 Peter 2:12
having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good works and glorify God in the day of visitation.
1 Peter 4:14
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.
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Ezekiel 4:3
Take for yourself an iron pan and set it for a wall of iron between you and the city. Then set your face toward it. It will be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 12:6
In their sight you shall bear it on your shoulder, and carry it out in the dark. You shall cover your face, so that you don’t see the land, for I have set you for a sign to the house of Israel.”
Ezekiel 12:11
“Say, ‘I am your sign. As I have done, so will it be done to them. They will go into exile, into captivity.
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Luke 2:36
There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,
Luke 2:37
and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn’t depart from the temple, worshiping with fastings and petitions night and day.
Luke 2:38
Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for redemption in Jerusalem.
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Acts 24:5
For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
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2 Thessalonians 2:9
even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
2 Thessalonians 2:10
and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2 Thessalonians 2:11
Because of this, God sends them a powerful delusion, that they should believe a lie,
2 Thessalonians 2:12
that they all might be judged who didn’t believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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