1 Corinthians 10:9
We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
In Context
10And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
Cross References
Exodus 17:7He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
Numbers 21:5and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”
Psalms 78:18They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.
Psalms 95:9where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.
Hebrews 3:8do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 10:7-15
Admonitions and Warnings. ( a. d. 57.) 6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. 8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. 9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. 10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them… Read the whole commentary →