Deuteronomy 6:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

You shall not tempt the LORD your God, as you tempted him in Massah.

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  • Luke 4:12 : 12 And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, You shall not tempt the Lord your God.
  • Exod 17:7 : 7 And he named the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the children of Israel, and because they tested the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
  • Matt 4:7 : 7 Jesus said to him, It is written again, You shall not tempt the Lord your 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 Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?
  • Heb 3:8-9 : 8 Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, in the day of temptation in the wilderness, 9 When your fathers tested Me, proved Me, and saw My works forty years.
  • 1 Cor 10:9 : 9 Do not tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by snakes.
  • Num 20:3-4 : 3 And the people argued with Moses and spoke, saying, "Would God that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD! 4 And why have you brought the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness so that we and our livestock should die here?
  • Num 20:13 : 13 This is the water of Meribah, because the children of Israel contended with the LORD, and He was sanctified among them.
  • Num 21:4-5 : 4 And they journeyed from Mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. 5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loathes this light bread.

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    22And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, you provoked the LORD to wrath.

    23Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then you rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and you did not believe him, nor listen to his voice.

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    17You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.

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    12And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, You shall not tempt the Lord your God.

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

  • Deut 6:12-15
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    12Then beware, lest you forget the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

    13You shall fear the LORD your God and serve him, and shall swear by his name.

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    7Jesus said to him, It is written again, You shall not tempt the Lord your God.

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    9Do not tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by snakes.

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    7And he named the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the children of Israel, and because they tested the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

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    7Remember, and do not forget, how you provoked the LORD your God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that you departed out of the land of Egypt, until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the LORD.

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

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    56Yet they tempted and provoked the Most High God, and did not keep his testimonies:

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

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    6Now these things were our examples, so we should not desire evil things, as they also desired.

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

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    8Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, in the day of temptation in the wilderness,

    9When your fathers tested Me, proved Me, and saw My works forty years.

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    22Because all those men who 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 listened to my voice;

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    6I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

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    2Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?

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    15Take therefore good heed to yourselves; for you saw no form on the day that the LORD spoke to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:

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    3You shall have no other gods before Me.

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    5And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.

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