Acts 5:9
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9 Then Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together (A)to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”
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1 Corinthians 10:9
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9 nor let us [a]tempt Christ, as (A)some of them also tempted, and (B)were destroyed by serpents;
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- 1 Corinthians 10:9 test
Acts 5:3-4
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3 (A)But Peter said, “Ananias, why has (B)Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? 4 While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.”
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Psalm 95:8-11
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8 “Do not harden your hearts, as in the [a]rebellion,
(A)As in the day of [b]trial in the wilderness,
9 When (B)your fathers tested Me;
They tried Me, though they (C)saw My work.
10 For (D)forty years I was [c]grieved with that generation,
And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts,
And they do not know My ways.’
11 So (E)I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”
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- Psalm 95:8 Or Meribah, lit. Strife, Contention
- Psalm 95:8 Or Massah, lit. Trial, Testing
- Psalm 95:10 disgusted
Psalm 78:56
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56 (A)Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God,
And did not keep His testimonies,
Psalm 78:40-41
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40 How often they (A)provoked[a] Him in the wilderness,
And grieved Him in the desert!
41 Yes, (B)again and again they tempted God,
And limited the Holy One of Israel.
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- Psalm 78:40 rebelled against Him
Psalm 78:18-20
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18 And (A)they tested God in their heart
By asking for the food of their fancy.
19 (B)Yes, they spoke against God:
They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
20 (C)Behold, He struck the rock,
So that the waters gushed out,
And the streams overflowed.
Can He give bread also?
Can He provide meat for His people?”
Romans 3:19
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19 Now we know that whatever (A)the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that (B)every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become [a]guilty before God.
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- Romans 3:19 accountable
Acts 15:10
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10 Now therefore, why do you test God (A)by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
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Acts 5:6
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6 And the young men arose and (A)wrapped him up, carried him out, and buried him.
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Luke 16:2
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2 So he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an (A)account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.’
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Matthew 4:7
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7 Jesus said to him, “It is written again, (A)‘You shall not [a]tempt the Lord your God.’ ”
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- Matthew 4:7 test
Micah 7:3
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3 That they may successfully do evil with both hands—
The prince asks for gifts,
The judge seeks a (A)bribe,
And the great man utters his evil desire;
So they scheme together.
Proverbs 16:5
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5 (A)Everyone proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord;
Though they join [a]forces, none will go unpunished.
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- Proverbs 16:5 Lit. hand to hand
Proverbs 11:21
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21 (A)Though they join [a]forces, the wicked will not go unpunished;
But (B)the posterity of the righteous will be delivered.
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- Proverbs 11:21 Lit. hand to hand
Psalm 50:18
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- Psalm 50:18 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. ran
2 Kings 6:32
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32 But Elisha was sitting in his house, and (A)the elders were sitting with him. And the king sent a man ahead of him, but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, (B)“Do you see how this son of (C)a murderer has sent someone to take away my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door. Is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?”
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Deuteronomy 13:6-8
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6 (A)“If your brother, the son of your mother, your son or your daughter, (B)the wife [a]of your bosom, or your friend (C)who is as your own soul, secretly entices you, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers, 7 of the gods of the people which are all around you, near to you or far off from you, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth, 8 you shall (D)not [b]consent to him or listen to him, nor shall your eye pity him, nor shall you spare him or conceal him;
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- Deuteronomy 13:6 Whom you cherish
- Deuteronomy 13:8 yield
Numbers 14:22
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22 (A)because all these men who have seen My glory and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put Me to the test now (B)these ten times, and have not heeded My voice,
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Exodus 17:7
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7 So he called the name of the place (A)Massah[a] and [b]Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they [c]tempted the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
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- Exodus 17:7 Lit. Tempted
- Exodus 17:7 Lit. Contention
- Exodus 17:7 tested
Exodus 17:2
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2 (A)Therefore the people contended with Moses, and said, “Give us water, that we may drink.”
So Moses said to them, “Why do you contend with me? Why do you (B)tempt the Lord?”
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Genesis 3:9-13
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9 Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?”
10 So he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, (A)and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.”
11 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?”
12 Then the man said, (B)“The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.”
13 And the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”
The woman said, (C)“The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
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Romans 10:15
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15 And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written:
(A)“How beautiful are the feet of those who [a]preach the gospel of peace,
Who bring glad tidings of good things!”
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- Romans 10:15 NU omits preach the gospel of peace, Who
Acts 23:20-22
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20 And he said, (A)“The Jews have agreed to ask that you bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they were going to inquire more fully about him. 21 But do not yield to them, for more than forty of them lie in wait for him, men who have bound themselves by an oath that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him; and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you.”
22 So the commander let the young man depart, and commanded him, “Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me.”
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