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Block (22 Occurrences)

Matthew 16:23 But he turned, and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men."
(WEB ASV YLT NAS NIV)

Matthew 18:7 Wo to the world from the stumbling-blocks! for there is a necessity for the stumbling-blocks to come, but wo to that man through whom the stumbling-block doth come!
(Root in YLT NAS)

Luke 7:23 And blessed is he, to whom I shall not be a stumbling block.
(WBS)

Romans 11:9 David says, "Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Romans 14:13 Therefore let's not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother's way, or an occasion for falling.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 14:20 Don't overthrow God's work for food's sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.
(WEB)

1 Corinthians 1:23 but we preach Christ crucified; a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 8:9 But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 6:3 We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,
(See NIV)

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.
(WEB WEY ASV YLT NAS RSV)

Revelation 2:14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Leviticus 19:14 "'You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 35:3 Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, "I am your salvation."
(WEB)

Isaiah 44:19 And none taketh it to heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire, and have also baked bread upon the coals thereof, I have roasted flesh, and eaten it, and with the rest thereof shall I make an abomination? shall I bow down to a block of wood?
(DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 3:20 Again, when a righteous man does turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your hand.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 7:19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Yahweh: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels; because it has been the stumbling block of their iniquity.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Ezekiel 14:3 Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 14:4 Therefore speak to them, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Every man of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I Yahweh will answer him therein according to the multitude of his idols;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 14:7 For everyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel, who separates himself from me, and takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet to inquire for himself of me; I Yahweh will answer him by myself:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 18:30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Return ye, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so shall they not be a stumblingblock of iniquity unto you.
(Root in JPS YLT NAS)

Ezekiel 39:11 It shall happen in that day, that I will give to Gog a place for burial in Israel, the valley of those who pass through on the east of the sea; and it shall stop those who pass through: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude; and they shall call it The valley of Hamon Gog.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 44:12 Because they ministered to them before their idols, and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, says the Lord Yahweh, and they shall bear their iniquity.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Thesaurus
Block (22 Occurrences)
... n.) A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually
with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which ...
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Stumbling-block (20 Occurrences)
Stumbling-block. Stumblingblock, Stumbling-block. Stumblingblocks . Noah Webster's
Dictionary ... Standard Bible Encyclopedia. STUMBLING-BLOCK; STUMBLING-STONE. ...
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Offence (27 Occurrences)
... (2.) A stumbling-block or cause of temptation (Isaiah 8:14; Matthew 16:23; 18:7).
Greek skandalon, properly that at which one stumbles or takes offence. ...
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Stumbling (51 Occurrences)
... You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things
of God, but on the things of men." (WEB ASV YLT NAS NIV). ...
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Offend (24 Occurrences)
... etc., or a sin. In Scripture we have the special significance of a
stumbling-block, or cause of falling, sin, etc. 1. Old Testament ...
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Stock (16 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The stem or branch in which a graft is inserted. 3. (n.) A block of wood;
something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post. ...
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Stumblingblock (14 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia STUMBLING-BLOCK; STUMBLING-STONE.
stum'-bling-blok, (mikhshol, makhshelah; proskomma, skandalon): These ...
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Obstacle (6 Occurrences)
... Romans 14:13 Therefore let's not judge one another any more, but judge this rather,
that no man put a stumbling block in his brother's way, or an occasion for ...
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Tackle (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and
pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the block...
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Pillow (8 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass;
a pillow block. 3. (n.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit. ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse; children's playing blocks, etc.

2. (n.) The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded.

3. (n.) The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.

4. (n.) The pattern or shape of a hat.

5. (n.) A large or long building divided into separate houses or shops, or a number of houses or shops built in contact with each other so as to form one building; a row of houses or shops.

6. (n.) A square, or portion of a city enclosed by streets, whether occupied by buildings or not.

7. (n.) A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion, or to exert increased force; -- used especially in the rigging of ships, and in tackles.

8. (n.) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.

9. (v. t.) Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way.

10. (n.) A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work.

11. (n.) A piece of hard wood (as mahogany or cherry) on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted to make it type high.

12. (n.) A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt.

13. (n.) A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below.

14. (n.) To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress; to prevent passage from, through, or into, by obstructing the way; -- used both of persons and things; -- often followed by up; as, to block up a road or harbor.

15. (n.) To secure or support by means of blocks; to secure, as two boards at their angles of intersection, by pieces of wood glued to each.

16. (n.) To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.

Greek
4625. skandalon -- a stick for bait (of a trap), generally a snare ...
... a stick for bait (of a trap), generally a snare, a stumbling block, an offense.
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: skandalon Phonetic Spelling: (skan ...
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4348. proskomma -- a stumbling, an occasion of stumbling
... of stumbling. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: proskomma Phonetic Spelling:
(pros'-kom-mah) Short Definition: a stumbling-block Definition: a ...
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1798. enupnion -- a dream
... 17). 1798 ("a dream") is an ideal time for the Lord to communicate in a
way we easily block in the busyness of life. The Christian ...
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296. amphodon -- a road around
... a road around. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: amphodon Phonetic Spelling:
(am'-fod-on) Short Definition: a street, quarter, block Definition: prop ...
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5420. phrasso -- to fence in, to stop
... stop. Apparently a strengthening form of the base of phren; to fence or inclose,
ie (specially), to block up (figuratively, to silence) -- stop. ...
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1465. egkopto -- to cut into, ie fig. impede, detain
... cut to (like blocking off a road); () by "introducing an obstacle that stands "
(Souter); (figuratively) , by what is desired or needed; to block (hinder). ...
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4351. proskulio -- to roll to
... roll to. From pros and kulioo; to roll towards, ie Block against -- roll (to). see
GREEK pros. see GREEK kulioo. (prosekulisen) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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4026. periistemi -- to stand around, turn around (to avoid)
... hence, 'avoid, ' " ( 1059). In 2 Tim 2:16 and Tit 3:9, 4026 ("block out")
means to oneself in a way that contact. [4026 () in 2 ...
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Strong's Hebrew
4383. mikshol -- a stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, a ...
... a stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, a stumbling block. Transliteration:
mikshol or mikshol Phonetic Spelling: (mik-shole') Short Definition: block. ...
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4384. makshelah -- something overthrown, a stumbling block
... something overthrown, a stumbling block. Transliteration: makshelah Phonetic Spelling:
(mak-shay-law') Short Definition: ruins. ... ruin, stumbling-block. ...
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944. bul -- produce, outgrowth
... 943, 944. bul. 945 . produce, outgrowth. Transliteration: bul Phonetic
Spelling: (bool) Short Definition: block. Word Origin from ...
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1848. dophi -- a blemish, fault
... slanders. From an unused root (meaning to push over); a stumbling-block --
slanderest. 1847, 1848. dophi. 1849 . Strong's Numbers.
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6330. puqah -- tottering, staggering
... Word Origin from puq Definition tottering, staggering NASB Word Usage grief (1).
grief. From puwq; a stumbling-block -- grief. see HEBREW puwq. 6329, 6330. ...
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2629. chasam -- to stop up, muzzle
... Definition: off. Word Origin a prim. root Definition to stop up, muzzle
NASB Word Usage block off (1), muzzle (1). muzzle, stop. A ...
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Library

Peter as a Stumbling-Block to Jesus.
... Book XII. 23. Peter as a Stumbling-Block to Jesus. Next we must inquire
how He said to Peter, "Thou art a stumbling-block unto Me ...
/.../origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/23 peter as a stumbling-block.htm

My Spirit Bows in Adoration to the Cross, which is a Stumbling ...
... Chapter XVIII. My spirit bows in adoration to the cross, which is a
stumbling-block to those who� My spirit bows in adoration ...
/.../chapter xviii my spirit bows.htm

How Brother Conrad of Offida Converted a Young Brother, who was a ...
... HERE BEGIN THE LITTLE FLOWERS OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI CHAPTER XLIII HOW BROTHER
CONRAD OF OFFIDA CONVERTED A YOUNG BROTHER, WHO WAS A STUMBLING BLOCK TO THE ...
/.../the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter xliii how brother conrad.htm

The Very Simplicity of God's Means of Working, a Stumbling-Block ...
... Chapter II."The Very Simplicity of God's Means of Working, a Stumbling-
Block to the Carnal Mind. Well, but how great is the force ...
/.../tertullian/on baptism/chapter ii the very simplicity of.htm

Where There is Only one Woman, the Father Does not Make a Stay ...
... And, that we may not give a pretext to those who desire to get a pretext against
us and to speak evil of us, and that we may not be a stumbling-block to any one ...
/.../clement/two epistles concerning virginity/chapter v where there is only.htm

When Confessing the Divinity of Christ we Ought not to Pass Over ...
... But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling-block, to the Gentiles
foolishness: but to them that are saved, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power ...
/.../cassian/the seven books of john cassian /chapter viii when confessing the.htm

Christ Crucified is an Offence and Foolishness to those who ...
... And where is that saying of yours, O Apostle Paul: "But we preach Christ crucified,
to the Jews indeed a stumbling block, but to the Gentiles foolishness: but ...
/.../cassian/the seven books of john cassian /chapter xii christ crucified is.htm

The Offending Hand, or Foot, or Eye.
... which are becoming to itself, may not be able to say to the feet, "I have no need
of you." If, however, any foot be found to become a stumbling-block to the ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/24 the offending hand or.htm

The Sculptor's Work
... sculptor. I had seen only the block of stone; but within that block of stone
he had seen the beautiful figure of the king of beasts. ...
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That He who is the Pre-Eminent Cause of Everything Intelligibly ...
... Bergson.) A sculptor would not accept a block of ice in place of a block of marble
(for ice will not carve into a statue); and yet the block of marble is not ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/rolt/dionysius the areopagite/chapter v that he who.htm

Subtopics

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