Matthew 4:7

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Deut 6:16 : 16 Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted [him] in Massah.
  • 1 Cor 10:9 : 9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
  • Ps 78:18 : 18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
  • Ps 78:41 : 41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
  • Heb 3:9 : 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
  • 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?
  • 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?
  • Num 14:22 : 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;
  • Acts 5:9 : 9 Then 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.
  • Ps 78:56 : 56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
  • Ps 95:9 : 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
  • Ps 106:14 : 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
  • Mal 3:15 : 15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered.
  • Matt 4:4 : 4 But he answered and said, ‹It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.›
  • Matt 4:10 : 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, ‹Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.›
  • Matt 21:16 : 16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, ‹Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?›
  • Matt 21:42 : 42 Jesus saith unto them, ‹Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?›
  • Matt 22:31-32 : 31 ‹But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,› 32 ‹I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.›
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 4:1-13
    13 verses
    93%

    1¶ And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

    2Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

    3And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.

    4And Jesus answered him, saying, ‹It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.›

    5And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

    6And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.

    7If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.

    8And Jesus answered and said unto him, ‹Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.›

    9And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:

    10For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:

    11And in [their] hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

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

    13And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.

  • Matt 4:1-6
    6 verses
    88%

    1¶ Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

    2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

    3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

    4But he answered and said, ‹It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.›

    5Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,

    6And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in [their] hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

  • Matt 4:8-11
    4 verses
    82%

    8Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

    9And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

    10Then saith Jesus unto him, ‹Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.›

    11Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

  • Deut 6:16
    76%

    16Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted [him] in Massah.

  • Luke 22:40
    73%

    40And when he was at the place, he said unto them, ‹Pray that ye enter not into temptation.›

  • Jas 1:13
    72%

    13¶ Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

  • Jas 4:7
    72%

    7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

  • Mark 1:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness.

    13And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.

  • Luke 4:35
    72%

    35And Jesus rebuked him, saying, ‹Hold thy peace, and come out of him.› And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.

  • 1 Cor 10:9
    71%

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

  • Matt 27:40
    71%

    40And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest [it] in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

  • Matt 16:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.

    23But he turned, and said unto Peter, ‹Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.›

  • Deut 12:4
    71%

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

  • Mark 8:33
    70%

    33But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, ‹Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.›

  • Mark 1:25
    70%

    25And Jesus rebuked him, saying, ‹Hold thy peace, and come out of him.›

  • Matt 19:18
    69%

    18He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, ‹Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,›

  • Isa 7:12
    69%

    12But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.

  • Luke 22:31
    69%

    31And the Lord said, ‹Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired› [to have] ‹you, that he may sift› [you] ‹as wheat:›

  • Mark 5:7
    69%

    7And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, [thou] Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

  • Matt 7:6
    69%

    6‹Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.›

  • Eph 4:27
    68%

    27Neither give place to the devil.

  • Matt 26:41
    68%

    41‹Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed› [is] ‹willing, but the flesh› [is] ‹weak.›

  • Matt 22:37
    68%

    37Jesus said unto him, ‹Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.›

  • Deut 5:7
    68%

    7Thou shalt have none other gods before me.

  • Mark 3:27
    68%

    27‹No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.›

  • Luke 20:23
    68%

    23But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, ‹Why tempt ye me?›

  • Matt 17:18
    68%

    18And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.

  • Matt 22:18
    68%

    18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, ‹Why tempt ye me,› [ye] ‹hypocrites?›