1 Corinthians 10:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Deut 32:21 : 21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; They have provoked me to anger with their vanities: And I will move them to jealousy with those that are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
Eccl 6:10 : 10 Whatsoever hath been, the name thereof was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him that is mightier than he.
Ezek 22:14 : 14 Can thy heart endure, or can thy hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I, Jehovah, have spoken it, and will do it.
Deut 32:16 : 16 They moved him to jealousy with strange [gods]; With abominations provoked they him to anger.
Zeph 1:18 : 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the land.
Heb 10:31 : 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Isa 45:9 : 9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
Josh 24:19 : 19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah; for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgression nor your sins.
Job 9:4 : 4 [ He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered? --
Job 40:9-9 : 9 Or hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? 10 Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity; And array thyself with honor and majesty. 11 Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him. 12 Look on every one that is proud, [and] bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand. 13 Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden [place]. 14 Then will I also confess of thee That thine own right hand can save thee.
Ps 78:58 : 58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
Exod 20:5 : 5 thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,
Exod 34:14 : 14 (for thou shalt worship no other god: for Jehovah, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God);
Deut 4:24 : 24 For Jehovah thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.
Deut 6:15 : 15 for Jehovah thy God in the midst of thee is a jealous God; lest the anger of Jehovah thy God be kindled against thee, and he destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

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1 Cor 10:19-21
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19What say I then? that a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or {G3754} that an idol is anything?
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21Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.
Gal 5:26
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26Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.
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2 Cor 10:12-13
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12For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with certain of them that commend themselves: but they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.
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1 Cor 9:11-12
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1 Cor 4:10
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2 Cor 10:7-8
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7Ye look at the things that are before your face. If any man trusteth in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ's, so also are we.
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Rom 10:19
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1Would that ye could bear with me in a little foolishness: but indeed ye do bear with me.
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1 Cor 10:14-16
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14Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
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1 Cor 10:31-32
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31Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
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Exod 34:14
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Deut 6:15
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