1 Corinthians 10:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.”
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“We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Neither let us make trial of the Lord, as some of them made trial, and perished by the serpents.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“neither may we tempt the Christ, as also certain of them did tempt, and by the serpents did perish;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Corinthians 10:9 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 17:2So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”
- Exodus 17:7He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
- Exodus 23:20Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
- Numbers 21:5and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”
- Deuteronomy 6:16Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.
- Psalms 78:18They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.
- Psalms 78:56But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.
- Psalms 95:9where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.
- Psalms 106:14They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
- Hebrews 3:8do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,
- Hebrews 10:28Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
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