Deuteronomy 6:16
Don't test the Lord your God like you did at Massah.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 17:7He called the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites argued there, and because they challenged the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord with us, or not?”
Numbers 20:13The place where the Israelites argued with the Lord was called the waters of Meribah, and was where he revealed his holiness to them.
Psalms 95:8don't have a hard-hearted attitude, “as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the desert,
Matthew 4:7Jesus answered, “As Scripture also says, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’”
1 Corinthians 10:9Nor should we push God to the limit, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.
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 →