I don't think it's a good idea to put ones self in God's place.

Did not God tell Samuel, 1 Sam 16:7, "Not as man sees does God see,  but God looks  into the heart".

Man cannot do the same.

But one can learn from other verses of Matthew, such as Matt 18:6-10, as to what can happen by leading others to sin, (scandal). 

So it is about ones' self, & how he/she cares & respects others, including God.