Deuteronomy 6:16
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
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Exodus 17:7And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
Numbers 20:13This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
Psalms 95:8Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
Matthew 4:7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
1 Corinthians 10:9Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
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 →