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Isaiah 8:15

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And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
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  1. Matthew 21:44Rank 1 from verse 15
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    44And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

  2. Isaiah 28:13Rank 2 from verse 15
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    13But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

  3. Luke 20:17–18Rank 3 from verse 15
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    17And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?

    18Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

  4. 1 Corinthians 1:23Rank 4 from verse 15
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    23But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

  5. Isaiah 59:10Rank 5 from verse 15
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    10We 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.

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Isaiah 8:15

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

stumble

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fall

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Sense 1: To descend, drop, or lose an upright position. Sense 2: To be slain, defeated, overthrown, ruined, or brought down. Sense 3: To come upon or attack. Sense 4: To pass into a specified place, condition, power, or course, or to depart from a former standing. Sense 5: To happen, turn out, or be allotted. Sense 6: As a noun, descent, overthrow, ruin, or loss of standing.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

snared

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1. Caught or trapped in a snare. 2. Figuratively entangled or brought into binding danger or difficulty.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

taken

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1. Received, accepted, or chosen. 2. Seized or captured. 3. Carried or laid hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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14And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

15And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

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16Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

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