Romans 9:32-33

Israel's Unbelief

³² Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the _w stumbling stone,

³³ as it is written,
_x "Behold, I am laying in Zion _y a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense;
_z and whoever believes in him will not be _a put to shame."

1. Cross References
   1 Peter 2:8
   And "A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense." They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Peter 2:6 - 7
   For it stands in Scripture: "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.
   Isaiah 28:16
   Therefore thus says the Lord God, "Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: 'Whoever believes will not be in haste.
   Psalms 118:22
   The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
   
3. Cross References
   Isaiah 8:14
   And he will become a sanctuary and a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
   
4. Cross References
   Romans 10:11
   For the Scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.
   
5. Cross References
   Isaiah 49:23
   Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord ; those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.
   Joel 2:26 - 27
   You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, who has dealt wondrously with you. And my people shall never again be put to shame.
   
6. Cross References
   Isaiah 28:16
   Therefore thus says the Lord God, "Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: 'Whoever believes will not be in haste.