stumbling stone
Example Sentences
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Thou stumbling stone, thou barrier 'thwart 650 The gates of endless life!
From Elias An Epic of the Ages by Whitney, Orson F.
For they have stumbled at the stumbling stone.
They stumbled over the stumbling stone; 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."
From The World English Bible (WEB): Romans by Anonymous
Patronage is the stumbling stone here to true political action.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count
As it is written: Behold I put in Syon a stumbling stone, and a rock which shall make men fall.