Deuteronomy 6:16

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Exhortation to Obey the Lord Exclusively You must not put the LORD your God to the test as you did at Massah.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 4:12 : 12 Jesus answered him,“It is said,‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’”
  • Exod 17:7 : 7 He called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the contending of the Israelites and because of their testing the LORD, saying,“Is the LORD among us or not?”
  • Matt 4:7 : 7 Jesus said to him,“Once again it is written:‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’”
  • Ps 95:8-9 : 8 He says,“Do not be stubborn like they were at Meribah, like they were that day at Massah in the wilderness, 9 where your ancestors challenged my authority, and tried my patience, even though they had seen my work.
  • Exod 17:2 : 2 So the people contended with Moses, and they said,“Give us water to drink!” Moses said to them,“Why do you contend 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 testing in the wilderness. 9 “There your fathers tested me and tried me, and they saw my works for forty years.
  • 1 Cor 10:9 : 9 And let us not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes.
  • Num 20:3-4 : 3 The people contended with Moses, saying,“If only we had died when our brothers died before the LORD! 4 Why have you brought up the LORD’s community into this wilderness? So that we and our cattle should die here?
  • Num 20:13 : 13 These are the waters of Meribah, because the Israelites contended with the LORD, and his holiness was maintained among them.
  • Num 21:4-5 : 4 Fiery Serpents Then they traveled from Mount Hor by the road to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom, but the people became impatient along the way. 5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses,“Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness, for there is no bread or water, and we detest this worthless food.”

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    22Moreover, you continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-Hattaavah.

    23And when he sent you from Kadesh-Barnea and told you,“Go up and possess the land I have given you,” you rebelled against the LORD your God and would neither believe nor obey him.

  • Deut 6:17
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    17Keep his commandments very carefully, as well as the stipulations and statutes he commanded you to observe.

  • Luke 4:12
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    12Jesus answered him,“It is said,‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’”

  • Deut 12:4
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    4You must not worship the LORD your God the way they worship.

  • Deut 6:12-15
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    12be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of Egypt, that place of slavery.

    13You must revere the LORD your God, serve him, and take oaths using only his name.

    14You must not go after other gods, those of the surrounding peoples,

    15for the LORD your God, who is present among you, is a jealous God and his anger will erupt against you and remove you from the land.

  • Matt 4:7
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    7Jesus said to him,“Once again it is written:‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’”

  • 1 Cor 10:9
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    9And let us not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes.

  • Exod 17:7
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    7He called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the contending of the Israelites and because of their testing the LORD, saying,“Is the LORD among us or not?”

  • Deut 9:7-8
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    7The History of Israel’s Stubbornness Remember– don’t ever forget– how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness; from the time you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place you were constantly rebelling against him.

    8At Horeb you provoked him and he was angry enough with you to destroy you.

  • Ps 106:14
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    14In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving for meat; they challenged God in the wastelands.

  • Ps 78:56
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    56Yet they challenged and defied God Most High, and did not obey his commands.

  • Ps 95:8-9
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    8He says,“Do not be stubborn like they were at Meribah, like they were that day at Massah in the wilderness,

    9where your ancestors challenged my authority, and tried my patience, even though they had seen my work.

  • 1 Cor 10:6
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    6These things happened as examples for us, so that we will not crave evil things as they did.

  • Deut 8:2
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    2Remember the whole way by which he has brought you these forty years through the wilderness so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.

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    6Do not pay allegiance to other gods and worship and serve them. Do not make me angry by the things that you do. Then I will not cause you any harm.’

  • Exod 6:10
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    10Then the LORD said to Moses,

  • Ps 78:18
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    18They willfully challenged God by asking for food to satisfy their appetite.

  • Heb 3:8-9
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    8“Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness.

    9“There your fathers tested me and tried me, and they saw my works for forty years.

  • Num 14:22
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    22For all the people have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have tempted me now these ten times, and have not obeyed me,

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    32However, through all this you did not have confidence in the LORD your God,

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    17You must not make yourselves molten gods.

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    4Do not turn to idols, and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal. I am the LORD your God.

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    16fed you in the wilderness with manna(which your ancestors had never before known) so that he might by humbling you test you and eventually bring good to you.

  • Deut 5:6-7
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    6The Ten Commandments“I am the LORD your God, he who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the place of slavery.

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    26Disobedience at Kadesh Barnea You were not willing to go up, however, but instead rebelled against the LORD your God.

  • Exod 17:2
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    2So the people contended with Moses, and they said,“Give us water to drink!” Moses said to them,“Why do you contend with me? Why do you test the LORD?”

  • Num 14:41
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    41But Moses said,“Why are you now transgressing the commandment of the LORD? It will not succeed!

  • Deut 4:15
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    15The Nature of Israel’s God Be very careful, then, because you saw no form at the time the LORD spoke to you at Horeb from the middle of the fire.

  • Exod 20:3
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    3“You shall have no other gods before me.

  • Exod 34:15
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    15Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone invites you, you will eat from his sacrifice;

  • Deut 6:5
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    5You must love the LORD your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength.

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    9There must be no other god among you. You must not worship a foreign god.

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    6Why harden your hearts like the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When God treated them harshly, didn’t the Egyptians send the Israelites on their way?

  • Exod 19:12
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    12You must set boundaries for the people all around, saying,‘Take heed to yourselves not to go up on the mountain nor touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain will surely be put to death!

  • Deut 18:16
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    16This accords with what happened at Horeb in the day of the assembly. You asked the LORD your God:“Please do not make us hear the voice of the LORD our God any more or see this great fire any more lest we die.”

  • Deut 16:22
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    22You must not erect a sacred pillar, a thing the LORD your God detests.

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    2Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am delivering to you.

  • Deut 11:17
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    17Then the anger of the LORD will erupt against you and he will close up the sky so that it does not rain. The land will not yield its produce, and you will soon be removed from the good land that the LORD is about to give you.

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    28So the LORD said to Moses,“How long do you refuse to obey my commandments and my instructions?

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    14For in the wilderness of Zin when the community rebelled against me, you rebelled against my command to show me as holy before their eyes over the water– the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.”