Isaiah 7:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But Ahaz said, I will not put the Lord to the test by making such a request.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 6:16 : 16 Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did in Massah.
  • 2 Kgs 16:15 : 15 And King Ahaz gave orders to Urijah the priest, saying, Make the morning burned offering and the evening meal offering and the king's burned offering and meal offering, with the burned offerings of all the people and their meal offerings and drink offerings, on the great altar, and put on it all the blood of the burned offerings and of the beasts which are offered; but the brass altar will be for my use to get directions from the Lord.
  • 2 Chr 28:22 : 22 And in the time of his trouble, this same King Ahaz did even more evil against the Lord.
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 And they come to you as my people come, and are seated before you as my people, hearing your words but doing them not: for deceit is in their mouth and their heart goes after profit for themselves.
  • Mal 3:15 : 15 And now to us the men of pride seem happy; yes, the evil-doers are doing well; they put God to the test and are safe.
  • Acts 5:9 : 9 But Peter said to her, Why have you made an agreement together to be false to the Spirit of the Lord? See, the feet of the young men who have put the body of your husband in the earth, are at the door, and they will take you out.
  • 1 Cor 10:9 : 9 And let us not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did, and came to their death by snakes.

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    10 And Isaiah said again to Ahaz,

    11 Make a request to the Lord your God for a sign, a sign in the deep places of the underworld, or in the high heavens.

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    13 And he said, Give ear now, O family of David: is it not enough that you are driving men to disgust? will you do the same to my God?

  • Luke 4:12
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    12 And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

  • 2 Chr 28:19-22
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    19 For the Lord made Judah low, because of Ahaz, king of Israel; for he had given up all self-control in Judah, sinning greatly against the Lord.

    20 Then Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came to him, but was a cause of trouble and not of strength to him.

    21 For Ahaz took a part of the wealth from the house of the Lord, and from the house of the king and of the great men, and gave it to the king of Assyria; but it was no help to him.

    22 And in the time of his trouble, this same King Ahaz did even more evil against the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 16:7-8
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    7 So Ahaz sent representatives to Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and your son; come to my help against the kings of Aram and Israel who have taken up arms against me.

    8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold which were in the house of the Lord and in the king's store-house, and sent them as an offering to the king of Assyria.

  • Matt 4:7
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    7 Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

  • Deut 6:16
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    16 Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did in Massah.

  • Isa 36:14-15
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    14 This is what the king says: Do not be tricked by Hezekiah, for there is no salvation for you in him.

    15 And do not let Hezekiah make you put your faith in the Lord, saying, The Lord will certainly keep us safe, and this town will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.

  • Isa 38:22
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    22 And Hezekiah said, What is the sign that I will go up to the house of the Lord?

  • 2 Kgs 18:29-30
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    29 This is what the king says: Do not be tricked by Hezekiah, for there is no salvation for you in him.

    30 And do not let Hezekiah make you put your faith in the Lord, saying, The Lord will certainly keep us safe, and this town will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.

  • Jer 7:16
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    16 And as for you (Jeremiah), make no prayers for this people, send up no cry or prayer for them, make no request for them to me: for I will not give ear.

  • Isa 7:1
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    1 Now it came about in the days of Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin, the king of Aram, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah, the king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to make war against it, but were not able to overcome it.

  • Isa 36:7
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    7 And if you say to me, Our hope is in the Lord our God; is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, saying to Judah and Jerusalem that worship may only be given before this altar?

  • 2 Kgs 16:5
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    5 Then Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to make war; and they made an attack on Ahaz, shutting him in, but were not able to overcome him.

  • 2 Chr 28:1
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    1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for sixteen years; he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father:

  • 2 Chr 32:11-12
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    11 Is it not Hezekiah who has got you to do it, causing your death from need of food and water, by saying, The Lord our God will give us salvation out of the hands of the king of Assyria?

    12 Has not this same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, Give worship before one altar only, burning offerings on it?

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    13 Let no man say when he is tested, I am tested by God; for it is not possible for God to be tested by evil, and he himself puts no man to such a test:

  • Isa 36:18
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    18 Give no attention to Hezekiah when he says to you, The Lord will keep us safe. Has any one of the gods of the nations kept his land from falling into the hands of the king of Assyria?

  • Deut 12:4
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    4 Do not so to the Lord your God.

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    16 But he said, By the life of the Lord whose servant I am, I will take nothing from you. And he did his best to make him take it but he would not.

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    22 And if you say to me, Our hope is in the Lord our God: is it not he, whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, saying to Judah and Jerusalem that worship may only be given before this altar in Jerusalem?

  • 2 Kgs 16:15
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    15 And King Ahaz gave orders to Urijah the priest, saying, Make the morning burned offering and the evening meal offering and the king's burned offering and meal offering, with the burned offerings of all the people and their meal offerings and drink offerings, on the great altar, and put on it all the blood of the burned offerings and of the beasts which are offered; but the brass altar will be for my use to get directions from the Lord.

  • Jer 11:14
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    14 And as for you, make no prayers for this people, send up no cry or prayer for them: for I will not give ear to their cry in the time of their trouble.

  • Isa 37:10
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    10 This is what you are to say to Hezekiah, king of Judah: Let not your God, in whom is your faith, give you a false hope, saying, Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.

  • 2 Chr 34:26
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    26 But to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from the Lord, say, This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: Because you have given ear to my words,

  • 2 Kgs 18:36
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    36 But the people kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.

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    15 And he made prayer to the Lord, saying,

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    7 This is the word of the Lord God: This design will not come about or be effected.

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    10 Then King Ahaz went to Damascus for a meeting with Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria; and there he saw the altar which was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest a copy of the altar, giving the design of it and all the details of its structure.

  • Isa 39:5
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    5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Give ear to the word of the Lord of armies:

  • Isa 36:21
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    21 But they kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.

  • Jer 42:13
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    13 But if you say, We have no desire to go on living in this land; and do not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God,

  • 2 Chr 18:4
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    4 Then Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Let us now get directions from the Lord.

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    49 Then Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, said to Jehoshaphat, Let my men go with yours in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not let them.

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    18 And they made protests to Uzziah the king, and said to him, The burning of perfumes, Uzziah, is not your business but that of the priests, the sons of Aaron, who have been made holy for this work: go out of the holy place, for you have done wrong, and it will not be to your honour before God.

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    9 So he said to the representatives of Ben-hadad, Say to my lord the king, All the orders you sent the first time I will do; but this thing I may not do. And the representatives went back with this answer.

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    24 And Ahaz got together the vessels of the house of God, cutting up all the vessels of the house of God, and shutting the doors of the Lord's house; and he made altars in every part of Jerusalem.

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    7 And Isaiah said, This is the sign the Lord will give you, that he will do what he has said:

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    26 But then, Hezekiah, in sorrow for what he had done, put away his pride; and he and all Jerusalem made themselves low, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come on them in Hezekiah's life-time.

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    16 And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Give ear to the word of the Lord.

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    5 Then Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Let us now get directions from the Lord.

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    18 But to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from the Lord, say, This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: As to the words which have come to your ears,