Deuteronomy 6:16
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God, as thou temptedst him in the place of temptation.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 17:7And he called the name of that place Temptation, because the chiding of the children of Israel, and for that they tempted the Lord, saying: Is the Lord amongst us or not?
Numbers 20:13This is the Water of contradiction, where the children of Israel strove with words against the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.
Psalms 95:8To day if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts:
Matthew 4:7Jesus said to 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 tempted, and perished by the 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 →