Isaiah 7:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 6:16 : 16 Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
2 Kgs 16:15 : 15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by.
2 Chr 28:22 : 22 And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
Ezek 33:31 : 31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
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.
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.
1 Cor 10:9 : 9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

Similar Verses (AI)

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10Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,
11Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
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13And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
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12And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
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19For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD.
20And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
21For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not.
22And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
2 Kgs 16:7-8
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7So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
8And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
Matt 4:7
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7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Deut 6:16
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16Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
Isa 36:14-15
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14Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.
15Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Isa 38:22
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22Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?
2 Kgs 18:29-30
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29Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
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16Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
Isa 7:1
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1And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
Isa 36:7
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7But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?
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5Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
2 Chr 28:1
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1Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father:
2 Chr 32:11-12
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11Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
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13Let no man say when he is tempted , I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
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18Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
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4Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.
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22But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
2 Kgs 16:15
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15And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by.
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26And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard;
2 Kgs 18:36
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36But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
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15And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying,
Isa 7:7
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7Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
2 Kgs 16:10
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10And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.
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5Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts:
Isa 36:21
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21But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
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13But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,
2 Chr 18:4
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1 Kgs 22:49
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2 Chr 26:18
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18And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God.
1 Kgs 20:9
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9Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.
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