Isaiah 7:12

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But Ahaz said, 'I will not ask; I will not put the Lord to the test.'

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  • Deut 6:16 : 16 Do not test the LORD your God as you did at Massah.
  • 2 Kgs 16:15 : 15 King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, saying, 'On the large altar, offer the morning burnt offering and the evening grain offering, the king’s burnt offering and his grain offering, the burnt offerings of all the people of the land, their grain offerings, and their drink offerings. Then, you shall sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offerings and the blood of the sacrifices. But the bronze altar will be for my personal use for inquiry.'
  • 2 Chr 28:22 : 22 During his time of distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. With their mouths they express love, but their hearts pursue unjust gain.
  • Mal 3:15 : 15 Now we call the proud blessed, for those who do evil prosper, and those who test God escape.'
  • Acts 5:9 : 9 Then Peter said to her, 'Why did you agree together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of those who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out as well.'
  • 1 Cor 10:9 : 9 We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and they were killed by snakes.

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    10 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz,

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    13 Then Isaiah said, 'Hear now, you house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of humans? Will you try the patience of my God also?

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    12 Jesus answered him, 'It is said: You shall not test the Lord your God.'

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    19 The LORD had humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had promoted wickedness in Judah and had been unfaithful to the LORD.

    20 Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came to him, but he gave him trouble instead of help.

    21 Ahaz took some of the treasures from the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and the officials and gave them to the king of Assyria, but it did not help him.

    22 During his time of distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.

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    7 Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, saying, 'I am your servant and your son. Come and save me from the hand of the king of Aram and the king of Israel, who are attacking me.'

    8 Ahaz took the silver and gold found in the temple of the Lord and the treasuries of the royal palace and sent them as a gift to the king of Assyria.

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    7 Jesus said to him, 'Again it is written: You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'

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    16 Do not test the LORD your God as you did at Massah.

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    14 This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he cannot deliver you!

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    22 Hezekiah had asked, "What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the Lord?"

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    29 This is what the king says: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you. He cannot deliver you from my hand.

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    16 As for you, do not pray for this people, do not raise a cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I will not listen to you.

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    7 But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ isn’t He the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, 'You must worship at this altar’?

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    5 Then King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel marched to Jerusalem to wage war. They besieged Ahaz but could not overpower him.

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    1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. However, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD like his ancestor David.

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    22 But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ isn’t He the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?

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