Isaiah 7:12
And Ahaz said, “I will not ask, for I will not tempt the Lord.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:16You shall not tempt the Lord your God, as you tempted him in the place of temptation.
2 Chronicles 28:22Moreover, in the time of his anguish, he also added to his contempt against the Lord. King Ahaz himself, by himself,
Malachi 3:15Now, therefore, we call the arrogant blessed, as if those who work impiety have been built up, and as if they have tempted God and been saved.
1 Corinthians 10:9And let us not tempt Christ, as some of them tempted, and so they perished by serpents.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 7:11-17
The Promise of Immanuel. ( b. c. 740.) 10 Moreover the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying, 11 Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. 12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord . 13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. 15 Butter and… Read the whole commentary →