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¹⁶ Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.

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¹² Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.

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¹⁷ Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

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²⁴ Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress.

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³¹ That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.

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²⁷ If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.

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¹⁸ He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

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²⁰ And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:

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²¹ And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,

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²² But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the LORD did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

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²⁶ And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.

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¹ Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?

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² For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

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¹⁴ And 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.

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¹⁴ And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.

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¹² Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity.

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¹⁵ I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

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⁸ But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

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⁹ Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial partial in the law.

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²³ But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

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³¹ Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

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⁴⁷ And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:

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¹⁶ And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.

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¹⁵ But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.

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³³ As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

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²⁰ For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

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³² Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:

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⁷ Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?