# stumbling block, stone of stumbling

## Definition:

The term “stumbling block” or “stone of stumbling” refers to a physical object that causes a person to trip and fall.

* A figurative stumbling block is anything that causes a person to fail in a moral or spiritual sense.
* Also figuratively, a “stumbling block” or “stone of stumbling” can be something that prevents someone from having faith in Jesus or that causes someone to not grow spiritually.
* Often it is sin that is like a stumbling block to oneself or to others.
* Sometimes God places a stumbling block in the way of people who are rebelling against him.

## Translation Suggestions:

* If a language has a term for an object that triggers a trap, that word could be used to translate this term.
* This term could also be translated as “stone that causes stumbling” or “something that causes someone to not believe” or “obstacle that causes doubt” or “obstacle to faith” or “something that causes someone to sin.”

(See also: [stumble](../other/stumble.md), [sin](../kt/sin.md))

## Bible References:

* [1 Corinthians 01:23](rc://en/tn/help/1co/01/23)
* [Galatians 05:11](rc://en/tn/help/gal/05/11)
* [Matthew 05:29-30](rc://en/tn/help/mat/05/29)
* [Matthew 16:23](rc://en/tn/help/mat/16/23)
* [Romans 09:33](rc://en/tn/help/rom/09/33)

## Word Data:

* Strong’s: H4383, G3037, G4349, G4625
