Deuteronomy 6:16
Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye did tempt him in Massah:
Geneva Bible 1599
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 the place, Massah and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they had tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among vs, or no?
Numbers 20:13This is the water of Meribah, because the children of Israel stroue with the Lord, and hee was sanctified in them.
Psalms 95:8Harden not your heart, as in Meribah, and as in the day of Massah in the wildernesse.
Matthew 4:7Iesus saide vnto him, It is written againe, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
1 Corinthians 10:9Neither let vs tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted him, and were destroyed of 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 →