1 Corinthians 10:22
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
In Context
23All things are lawful, but all are not profitable; all things are lawful, but all do not edify.
Cross References
Exodus 34:14For thou shalt worship no other God; for Jehovah Jealous is his name is a jealous God;
Deuteronomy 6:15for Jehovah thy God is a jealous God in thy midst; lest the anger of Jehovah thy God be kindled against thee, and he destroy thee from the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 32:21They have moved me to jealousy with that which is no God; They have exasperated me with their vanities; And I will move them to jealousy with that which is not a people; With a foolish nation will I provoke them to anger.
Job 9:4He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and had peace?
Psalms 78:58And they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
Isaiah 45:9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let a potsherd [strive] with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that formeth it, What makest thou? Or thy work, He hath no hands?
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 10:16-23
Against Countenancing Idolatry. ( a. d. 57.) 15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. 16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? 17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. 18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? 19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered… Read the whole commentary →