Deuteronomy 6:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.”
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BSBPD
“Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“`Ye do not try Jehovah your God as ye tried in Massah;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 6:16 — 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?”
- Numbers 20:3The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!
- Numbers 20:13These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.
- Numbers 21:4Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey
- Psalms 95:8do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,
- Psalms 95:9where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.
- Matthew 4:7Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
- Luke 4:12But Jesus answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
- 1 Corinthians 10:9We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.
- Hebrews 3:8do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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