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stumble

Meaning of “stumble”

Sense 1: To trip, lose footing, or fall by striking against something. Sense 2: To err, fall, or be hindered figuratively. Sense 3: To cause another to trip, fall, err, or be hindered.

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19 occurrences19 verses7 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Proverbs 3:23

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Proverbs 3:23
Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 3:23 · retained source text

Then shalt thou walke in thy way safely, & thy foot shall not stumble.

1611 marginal notePsal. 37.24. and 91.11.

Proverbs 4:12
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 4:12 · retained source text

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitned, and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

1611 marginal notePsal.91.11.

Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 4:19 · retained source text

The way of the wicked is as darknes: they know not at what they stumble.

Isaiah 5:27
None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 5:27 · retained source text

None shalbe weary, nor stumble amongst them: none shall slumber nor sleepe, neither shall the girdle of their loynes be loosed, nor the latchet of their shooes be broken.

Isaiah 8:15
And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 8:15 · retained source text

And many among them shall stumble and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

1611 marginal noteMatth.21.44. luke 20.18.

Isaiah 28:7
¶ But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 28:7 · retained source text

¶ But they also haue erred through wine, and through strong drinke are out of the way: the priest and the prophet haue erred through strong drinke, they are swallowed vp of wine: they are out of the way through strong drinke, they erre in vision, they stumble in iudgement.

Isaiah 59:10
We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 59:10 · retained source text

We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eies: we stumble at noone day as in the night, we are in desolate places as dead men.

Isaiah 63:13
That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 63:13 · retained source text

That led them through the deepe as an horse in the wildernesse, that they should not stumble?

Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 13:16 · retained source text

Giue glory to the LORD your God before he cause darknesse, and before your feet stumble vpon the darke mountaines, and while yee looke for light, he turne it into the shadowe of death, and make it grosse darkenesse.

1611 marginal noteIsa.8.22.

Jeremiah 18:15
Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 18:15 · retained source text

Because my people hath forgotten mee, they haue burnt incense to vanitie, and they haue caused them to stumble in their waies from the ancient paths, to walke in paths, in a way not cast vp,

1611 marginal noteChap.17.13.

1611 marginal noteChap.6.16.

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