to put a snare, stumbling-block, to cause to stumble
to put a snare, stumbling-block, to cause to stumble. Primary meaning: to put a snare, stumbling-block, to cause to stumble, to be made to stumble, to stumble. Strong's: to entrap, i.e. trip up (figuratively, stumble (transitively) or entice to sin, apostasy or displeasure). Lexical nuances: prop., to put a snare or stumbling-block in the way; in NT always metaph. of that which hinders right conduct or thought, to cause to stumble : c. acc. pers., Mt 5:29, 30 17:27 18:6 , 8, 9 Mk 9:42, 43 , 45 , 47 Lk 17:2 , Jo 6:61 , I Co 8:13 . Pass., to be made to stumble, to stumble : Mt 11:6 13:21 , 57 15:12 24:10 26:31 , 33 , Mk 4:17 6:3 14:27 , 29 , Lk 7:23 , Jo 16:1 , Ro 14:21 (WH, R, txt.,...
bait-stick, a snare, stumbling-block
bait-stick, a snare, stumbling-block. Primary meaning: bait-stick, a snare, stumbling-block. Strong's: a trap-stick (bent sapling), i.e. snare (figuratively, cause of displeasure or sin). Lexical nuances: prop., the bait-stick of a trap, a snare, stumbling-block ( Le 19:14 , Jth 5:1 ): fig., Ro 9:33 , I Pe 2:8 ( Is 8:14 ; aliter in LXX; στερεὸν σκανδάλου in Aq.). Metaph., of that which causes error or sin;
Ezekiel • Chapter 14 (23 verses)
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by the... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Noah , Daniel , Jerusalem .
Romans • Chapter 11 (36 verses)
I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham , of the tribe of Benjamin . God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel ... Mentions: Abram/Abraham , Benjamin , Jacob/Israel , Baal , David .
son, children, building block
son, children, building block. Son, building block of community; 'children of the captivity' (Ezra 6:16).
1 Corinthians • Chapter 8 (13 verses)
Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. But if any man love God, the same is known of him. Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
Proverbs • Chapter 24 (34 verses)
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
Romans • Chapter 14 (23 verses)
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 5 (68 verses)
And it came to pass, when the Gentiles round about heard that the altar was built, and the sanctuary dedicated as aforetime, they were exceeding angry. And they took counsel to destroy the race of Jacob that was in the midst of them, and they began to kill and destroy among the p... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judas , Esau ( Edom ), Ammon , Simon , Esau, Jazer , Gilead , Galilee .
Leviticus • Chapter 19 (37 verses)
And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel , and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy. Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Egypt .
Zephaniah • Chapter 1 (18 verses)
The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah , the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon , king of Judah . I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the Lord. I will consume man and beast; I... Mentions: Zephaniah , Amariah , Josiah , Amon , Judah , Jerusalem , Baal .
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 7 (36 verses)
Do no evil, so shall no evil overtake you. Depart from wrong, and it shall turn aside from you. My son, sow not upon the furrows of unrighteousness, And you shall not reap them sevenfold. Mentions: Sin , Ophir .
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 31 (31 verses)
Wakefulness that comes of riches consumes the flesh, And the anxiety thereof puts away sleep. Wakeful anxiety will crave slumber; And in a sore disease sleep will be broken. A rich man toileth in gathering money together; And when he rests, he is filled with his good things.
The Wisdom of Solomon • Chapter 14 (31 verses)
Again, one preparing to sail, and about to journey over raging waves, Calleth upon a piece of wood more rotten than the vessel that carries him; For that vessel the hunger for gains devised, And an artificer, even wisdom, built it; And your providence, O Father, guideth it alon...
1 Samuel • Chapter 2 (36 verses)
And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation. There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God. Talk n... Mentions: Elkanah , Eli , Samuel , Jacob/Israel , Phinehas , Ramah 1 , Shiloh , Egypt .
Psalms • Chapter 27 (14 verses)
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though an host should encamp against me, my heart sha...
idols, dung-pellets, contemptible images
idols, dung-pellets, contemptible images. Idols, blocky shapeless things, dung-pellets; disparaging term in Ezekiel for pagan idols defiling Israel and provoking divine wrath.
Proverbs • Chapter 4 (27 verses)
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
Judith • Chapter 12 (20 verses)
And he commanded to bring her in where his silver vessels were set, and bade that they should prepare for her of his own meats, and that she should drink of his own wine. And Judith said, I will not eat thereof, lest there be an occasion of stumbling: but provision shall be made ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Asshur .
Isaiah • Chapter 59 (21 verses)
Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. For your hands are defiled with blood, and your... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Zion .
John • Chapter 11 (57 verses)
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany , the town of Mary and her sister Martha. (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he... Mentions: Mary, Yeshua the Messiah , Ephraim , Bethany 1 , Jerusalem .
Isaiah • Chapter 28 (29 verses)
Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim , whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a f... Mentions: Ephraim , Jerusalem , Zion , Gibeon .
Nahum • Chapter 3 (19 verses)
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots. The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: a... Mentions: Nineveh , Ethiopia , Egypt , Libya , Assyria .
Nahum • Chapter 2 (13 verses)
He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. For the Lord hath turned away the excellency of Jacob , as the excellency of Israel : for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Nineveh .
1 John • Chapter 2 (29 verses)
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. And hereby we do know... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah.
1 Peter • Chapter 2 (25 verses)
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 34 (26 verses)
Vain and false hopes are for a man void of understanding; And dreams give wings to fools. As one that catches at a shadow, and follows after the wind, So is he that sets his mind on dreams. The vision of dreams is as this thing against that, The likeness of a face over against a...
Tobit • Chapter 11 (19 verses)
After these things Tobias also went his way, blessing God because he had prospered his journey; and he blessed Raguel and Edna his wife. And he went on his way till they drew near to Nineveh . And Raphael said to Tobias, Know you not, brother, how you did leave your father? Let us... Mentions: Nineveh , Media .
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 23 (27 verses)
O Lord, Father and Master of my life, Abandon me not to their counsel: Suffer me not to fall by them. Who will set scourges over my thought, And a discipline of wisdom over mine heart? That they spare me not for mine ignorances, And my heart pass not by their sins: That mine ign... Mentions: Jacob/Israel .
Jeremiah • Chapter 46 (28 verses)
The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles; Against Egypt , against the army of Pharaoh–neco king of Egypt , which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish , which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josia... Mentions: Jehoiakim (or Eliakim), Josiah , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Egypt, Euphrates , Carchemish , Babylon , Gilead .
Malachi • Chapter 2 (17 verses)
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not... Mentions: Levi , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem .
Jeremiah • Chapter 31 (40 verses)
At the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the God of all the families of Israel , and they shall be my people. Thus saith the Lord, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel , when I went to cause him to rest. The Lord hath appeared of old... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Ephraim , Judah , Samaria , Zion , Ramah 1 , Egypt .
1 Chronicles • Chapter 13 (14 verses)
And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader. And David said unto all the congregation of Israel , If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the Lord our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the lan... Mentions: David, Jacob/Israel , Saul , Judah , Abinadab , Shihor , Egypt , Hamath , Baalah 2 , Uzza .
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 32 (24 verses)
Have they made you ruler of a feast? Be not lifted up, Be you among them as one of them; Take thought for them, and so sit down. And when you have done all your office, take your place, That you may be gladdened on their account, And receive a crown for your well ordering. Speak,...
a false step, a blunder, a misdeed
a false step, a blunder, a misdeed. Primary meaning: a false step, a blunder, a misdeed, trespass. Strong's: a side-slip (lapse or deviation), i.e. (unintentional) error or (wilful) transgression. Lexical nuances: a false step , a blunder (Polyb.).
to fence with pales, impalisade, to crucify
to fence with pales, impalisade, to crucify. Primary meaning: to fence with pales, impalisade, to crucify. Strong's: to impale on the cross; figuratively, to extinguish (subdue) passion or selfishness. Lexical nuances: to fence with pales, impalisade (Thuc.).