Deuteronomy 6:16
Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did in Massah.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
In Context
17Keep with care the orders of the Lord your God, and his rules and his laws which he has given you;
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 20:13These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel went against the Lord, and they saw that he was holy among them.
Psalms 95:8Let not your hearts be hard, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the waste land;
Matthew 4:7Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.
1 Corinthians 10:9And let us not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did, and came to their death by snakes.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 6:5-17
Cautions and Precepts. ( b. c. 1451.) 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord : 5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine… Read the whole commentary →