Matthew 13:21
13:21 But he has no root in himself and does not endure;
when
trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.
Matthew 18:7
18:7 Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It
is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.
Luke 17:1-2
Sin, Forgiveness, Faith, and Service
17:1 Jesus said to his disciples, “Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!
17:2 It would be better for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.
Romans 9:32-33
9:32 Why not? Because they pursued
it not by faith but (as if it were possible) by works.
They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
9:33 just as it is written,
“Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumble
and a rock that will make them fall,
yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.”
Philippians 1:10
1:10 so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,