1 Corinthians 8:9

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“Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.”

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“Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“but see, lest this privilege of yours may become a stumbling-block to the infirm,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 8:9 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 19:14You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.
  2. Isaiah 35:3Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!
  3. Isaiah 57:14And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”
  4. Ezekiel 14:3“Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I consult with them in any way?
  5. Ezekiel 44:12Because they ministered before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I swore with an uplifted hand concerning them that they would bear the consequences of their iniquity, declares the Lord GOD.
  6. Matthew 18:6But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
  7. Matthew 18:10See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
  8. Luke 17:1Jesus said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks will come, but woe to the one through whom they come!
  9. Romans 14:1Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.
  10. Romans 14:13Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.
  11. Romans 14:20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.
  12. Romans 15:1We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
  13. 1 Corinthians 8:10For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?
  14. 1 Corinthians 8:12By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
  15. 1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
  16. 1 Corinthians 10:24No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.
  17. 1 Corinthians 10:29the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?
  18. 1 Corinthians 10:32Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—
  19. 2 Corinthians 11:21To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.
  20. Galatians 5:13For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
  21. 1 Peter 2:16Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
  22. 2 Peter 2:19They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
  23. Revelation 2:14But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.

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