Deuteronomy 6:16

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted [him] in Massah.

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  • Luke 4:12 : 12 And Jesus answering said unto him, ‹It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.›
  • Exod 17:7 : 7 And 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?
  • Matt 4:7 : 7 Jesus said unto him, ‹It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.›
  • Ps 95:8-9 : 8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, [and] as [in] the day of temptation in the wilderness: 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
  • Exod 17:2 : 2 Wherefore 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?
  • Heb 3:8-9 : 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
  • 1 Cor 10:9 : 9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
  • Num 20:3-4 : 3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD! 4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
  • Num 20:13 : 13 This [is] the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
  • Num 21:4-5 : 4 ¶ And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. 5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for [there is] no bread, neither [is there any] water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

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  • Deut 9:22-23
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    22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.

    23 Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

  • 17 ¶ Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

  • 12 And Jesus answering said unto him, ‹It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.›

  • 4 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.

  • Deut 6:12-15
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    76%

    12 [Then] beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

    13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

    14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which [are] round about you;

    15 (For the LORD thy God [is] a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

  • 7 Jesus said unto him, ‹It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.›

  • 9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

  • 7 And 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?

  • Deut 9:7-8
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    7 ¶ Remember, [and] forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.

    8 Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.

  • 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

  • 56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

  • Ps 95:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, [and] as [in] the day of temptation in the wilderness:

    9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

  • 6 ¶ Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

  • 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, [and] to prove thee, to know what [was] in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

  • 6 And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.

  • 10 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • 18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

  • Heb 3:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

    9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

  • 22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

  • 32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,

  • 1 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • 17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

  • 4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I [am] the LORD your God.

  • 16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

  • Deut 5:6-7
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    6 ¶ I [am] the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

    7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me.

  • 26 Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:

  • 2 Wherefore 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?

  • 41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.

  • 15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day [that] the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:

  • 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

  • 15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and [one] call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

  • 5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

  • 9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

  • 6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?

  • 12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, [that ye] go [not] up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:

  • 16 According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.

  • 22 Neither shalt thou set thee up [any] image; which the LORD thy God hateth.

  • 6 The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:

  • 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish [ought] from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

  • 17 And [then] the LORD'S wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and [lest] ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.

  • 28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

  • 14 For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that [is] the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.