Matthew 4:7

World English Bible (2000)

Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written, 'You shall not test the Lord, your God.'"

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  • Deut 6:16 : 16 You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.
  • 1 Cor 10:9 : 9 Neither let us test the Lord, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.
  • Ps 78:18 : 18 They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
  • Ps 78:41 : 41 They turned again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
  • Heb 3:9 : 9 where your fathers tested me by proving me, and saw my works for forty years.
  • Exod 17:2 : 2 Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, "Give us water to drink." Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahweh?"
  • Exod 17:7 : 7 He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh, saying, "Is Yahweh among us, or not?"
  • Num 14:22 : 22 because all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;
  • Acts 5:9 : 9 But Peter asked her, "How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out."
  • Ps 78:56 : 56 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn't keep his testimonies;
  • Ps 95:9 : 9 when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.
  • Ps 106:14 : 14 but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland.
  • Mal 3:15 : 15 Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.'
  • Matt 4:4 : 4 But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'"
  • Matt 4:10 : 10 Then Jesus said to him, "Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.'"
  • Matt 21:16 : 16 and said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" Jesus said to them, "Yes. Did you never read, 'Out of the mouth of babes and nursing babies you have perfected praise?'"
  • Matt 21:42 : 42 Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes?'
  • Matt 22:31-32 : 31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven't you read that which was spoken to 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 Turn to the law and to the testimony! If they don't speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

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  • Luke 4:1-13
    13 verses
    93%

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

    2for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.

    3The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."

    4Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.'"

    5The devil, leading him up on a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

    6The devil said to him, "I will give you all this authority, and their glory, for it has been delivered to me; and I give it to whomever I want.

    7If you therefore will worship before me, it will all be yours."

    8Jesus answered him, "Get behind me Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.'"

    9He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,

    10for it is written, 'He will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you;'

    11and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, lest perhaps you dash your foot against a stone.'"

    12Jesus answering, said to him, "It has been said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"

    13When the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until another time.

  • Matt 4:1-6
    6 verses
    88%

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

    2When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.

    3The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."

    4But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'"

    5Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

    6and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He will put his angels in charge of you.' and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don't dash your foot against a stone.'"

  • Matt 4:8-11
    4 verses
    82%

    8Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.

    9He said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me."

    10Then Jesus said to him, "Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.'"

    11Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.

  • Deut 6:16
    76%

    16You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.

  • Luke 22:40
    73%

    40When he was at the place, he said to them, "Pray that you don't enter into temptation."

  • Jas 1:13
    72%

    13Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God can't be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

  • Jas 4:7
    72%

    7Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

  • Mark 1:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness.

    13He was there in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels were serving him.

  • Luke 4:35
    72%

    35Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!" When the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm.

  • 1 Cor 10:9
    71%

    9Neither let us test the Lord, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.

  • Matt 27:40
    71%

    40and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"

  • Matt 16:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you."

    23But he turned, and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men."

  • Deut 12:4
    71%

    4You shall not do so to Yahweh your God.

  • Mark 8:33
    70%

    33But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men."

  • Mark 1:25
    70%

    25Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, and come out of him!"

  • Matt 19:18
    69%

    18He said to him, "Which ones?" Jesus said, "'You shall not murder.' 'You shall not commit adultery.' 'You shall not steal.' 'You shall not offer false testimony.'

  • Isa 7:12
    69%

    12But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, neither will I tempt Yahweh."

  • Luke 22:31
    69%

    31The Lord said, "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat,

  • Mark 5:7
    69%

    7and crying out with a loud voice, he said, "What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, don't torment me."

  • Matt 7:6
    69%

    6"Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

  • Eph 4:27
    68%

    27neither give place to the devil.

  • Matt 26:41
    68%

    41Watch and pray, that you don't enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

  • Matt 22:37
    68%

    37Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

  • Deut 5:7
    68%

    7"You shall have no other gods before me.

  • Mark 3:27
    68%

    27But no one can enter into the house of the strong man to plunder, unless he first binds the strong man; and then he will plunder his house.

  • Luke 20:23
    68%

    23But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, "Why do you test me?

  • Matt 17:18
    68%

    18Jesus rebuked him, the demon went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.

  • Matt 22:18
    68%

    18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you test me, you hypocrites?