Matthew 4:7
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Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
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Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
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Related verses
- Deuteronomy 6:16Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.
- 1 Corinthians 10:9Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.
- Psalm 78:41Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
- Psalm 78:18And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.
- Hebrews 3:9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.
- Exodus 17:7And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
- Exodus 17:2Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord?So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”
- Acts 5:9Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.“How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter replied. “Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”
- Psalm 78:56Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.
- Psalm 106:14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
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