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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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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
The 1611 reading
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.
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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?
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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?

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