Isaiah 7:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Deut 6:16 : 16 You shall not tempt the LORD your God, as you tempted him in Massah.
  • 2 Kgs 16:15 : 15 Then king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, the king's burnt sacrifice, and his grain offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, their grain offering and their drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of the sacrifice; and the bronze altar shall be for me to inquire by.
  • 2 Chr 28:22 : 22 And in the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against the LORD, this is that King Ahaz.
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their covetousness.
  • Mal 3:15 : 15 And now we call the proud blessed; yes, those who do wickedness are raised up; yes, those who test God go free.
  • Acts 5:9 : 9 Then Peter said to her, How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.
  • 1 Cor 10:9 : 9 Do not tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by snakes.

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  • Isa 7:10-11
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    10Moreover, the LORD spoke again to Ahaz, saying,

    11Ask for a sign from the LORD your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

  • 13And he said, Hear now, O house of David; is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also?

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

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    19For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he made Judah act wickedly and transgressed grievously against the LORD.

    20And Tilgath-Pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and distressed him, but did not strengthen him.

    21For Ahaz took a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the leaders, and gave it to the king of Assyria, but he did not help him.

    22And in the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against the LORD, this is that King Ahaz.

  • 2 Kgs 16:7-8
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    7So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and your son; come up and save me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.

    8And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house and sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.

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

  • 16You shall not tempt the LORD your God, as you tempted him in Massah.

  • Isa 36:14-15
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    14Thus says the king: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he shall not be able to deliver you.

    15Nor let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us; this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

  • 22Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?

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    29Thus says the king: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand.

    30Nor let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be handed over to the king of Assyria.

  • 16Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to me: for I will not hear you.

  • 1And it happened 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 make war against it, but could not prevail against it.

  • 7But if you say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not He whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar?

  • 5Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to wage war; and they besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.

  • 1Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, but he did not do what was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father.

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    11Does not Hezekiah persuade you to give yourselves up to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

    12Has not that same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, You shall worship before one altar, and burn incense on it?

  • 13Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, nor does He tempt anyone;

  • 18Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Has any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

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

  • 16But he said, As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will receive nothing. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.

  • 22But if you say to me, We trust in the LORD our God, is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

  • 15Then king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, the king's burnt sacrifice, and his grain offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, their grain offering and their drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of the sacrifice; and the bronze altar shall be for me to inquire by.

  • 14Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, for I will not hear them in the time that they cry to me for their trouble.

  • 10Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not your God, in whom you trust, deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

  • 26And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, so shall you say to him, Thus says the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which you have heard;

  • 36But the people kept silent and did not answer him a word, for the king's command was, Do not answer him.

  • 15And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD, saying,

  • 7Thus says the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, nor shall it come to pass.

  • 10Then king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria and saw an altar that was at Damascus; and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the design of the altar and its pattern, according to all its workmanship.

  • 5Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts:

  • 21But they held their peace and answered him not a word, for the king's order was, Do not answer him.

  • 13But if you say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,

  • 4And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Please inquire for the word of the LORD today.

  • 49Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab to Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with your servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.

  • 18They confronted King Uzziah and said to him, "It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed! This will not bring you honor from the LORD God."

  • 9Therefore, he said to the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that you first sent for to your servant I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.

  • 24And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and made altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

  • 7And this shall be a sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that He has spoken:

  • 26However, Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

  • 16And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.

  • 5And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Please inquire first for the word of the Lord.

  • 18But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall you say to him, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, As for the words which you have heard;