1 Corinthians 10:9
Let’s not test Christ, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
In Context
10Don’t grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and perished by the destroyer.
Cross References
Exodus 17:7He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us, or not?”
Numbers 21:5The people spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, there is no water, and our soul loathes this disgusting food!”
Psalms 78:18They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
Psalms 95:9when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.
Hebrews 3:8don’t harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of the trial 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 →