Matthew 4:7

Jesus said to him, Again it is written, “Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.”

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6and saith to him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down; for it is written, “He will give his angels charge concerning thee; and in their hands they will bear thee up, that thou mayst not dash thy foot against a stone.”

8Again, the Devil taketh him m an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory;

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Cross References

Psalms 78:18They tempted God in their hearts, By asking food for their delight.

Psalms 78:56Yet they tempted and provoked God, the Most High, And kept not his statutes;

Psalms 106:14They gave way to appetite in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert;

Malachi 3:15Therefore we call the proud happy; Yea, they that do wickedness are built up; Yea, they tempt God, and are delivered.”

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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