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Stumbling block

Here’s what it means

Something or someone becomes an occasion for sin, unbelief, offense, or ruin.

Why the Bible says it this way

An idiom is a familiar phrase whose meaning comes from the whole expression, not from reading each word by itself.

A helpful detail: The image is of an obstacle that causes a fall. It does not mean every feeling of offense is sinful.

Where it appears