1 Corinthians 10:9
And let us not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did, and came to their death by snakes.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
In Context
10And do not say evil things against the Lord, as some of them did, and destruction overtook them.
Cross References
Exodus 17:7And he gave that place the name Massah and Meribah, because the children of Israel were angry, and because they put the Lord to the test, saying, Is the Lord with us or not?
Numbers 21:5And crying out against God and against Moses, they said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to come to our death in the waste land? For there is no bread and no water, and this poor bread is disgusting to us.
Psalms 78:18Testing God in their hearts, requesting meat for their desire.
Psalms 95:9When your fathers put me to the test and saw my power and my work.
Hebrews 3:8Be not hard of heart, as when you made me angry, on the day of testing in the waste land,
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 10:7-15
Admonitions and Warnings. ( a. d. 57.) 6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. 8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. 9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. 10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them… Read the whole commentary →