1 Corinthians 10:9

And do not let us test the Lord too far, as some of them tested Him and were destroyed by the serpents.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

In Context

8Nor may we be fornicators, like some of them who committed fornication and on a single day 23,000 of them fell dead.

10And do not be discontented, as some of them were, and they were destroyed by the Destroyer.

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Cross References

Hebrews 3:8do not harden your hearts as your forefathers did in the time of the provocation on the day of the temptation in the Desert,

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 →

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