Matthew 4:7

Jesus said to him, It is again written, Thou shalt not tempt [the] Lord thy God.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

In Context

6and says to him, If thou be Son of God cast thyself down; for it is written, He shall give charge to his angels concerning thee, and on [their] hands shall they bear thee, lest in anywise thou strike thy foot against a stone.

8Again the devil takes him to a very high mountain, and shews him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory,

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Cross References

Exodus 17:2And the people contended with Moses, and said, Give us water, that we may drink! And Moses said to them, Why do ye dispute with me? Why do ye tempt Jehovah?

Numbers 14:22for all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice,

Psalms 78:18And they tempted God in their heart, by asking meat for their lust;

Psalms 78:56But they tempted and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not his testimonies,

Psalms 106:14And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

Malachi 3:15And now we hold the proud for happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and they escape.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 4:2-12

The Temptation of Christ. 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a… Read the whole commentary →

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