Exodus 17:2
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2 (A)Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you (B)test the Lord?”
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Psalm 78:41
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Deuteronomy 6:16
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16 (A)“You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, (B)as you tested him at Massah.
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1 Corinthians 10:9
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9 We must not put Christ[a] to the test, (A)as some of them did and (B)were destroyed by serpents,
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- 1 Corinthians 10:9 Some manuscripts the Lord
Isaiah 7:12
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12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.”
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Psalm 78:18
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18 They (A)tested God in their heart
by demanding the food they craved.
Hebrews 3:9
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9 where your fathers put me to the test
and saw my works for (A)forty years.
Matthew 4:7
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7 Jesus said to him, “Again (A)it is written, (B)‘You shall not (C)put the Lord your God to the test.’”
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Psalm 95:9
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Numbers 21:5
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5 And the people (A)spoke against God and against Moses, (B)“Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and (C)we loathe this worthless food.”
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Numbers 20:2-5
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The Waters of Meribah
2 (A)Now there was no water for the congregation. (B)And they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. 3 And the people (C)quarreled with Moses and said, “Would that we had perished (D)when our brothers perished before the Lord! 4 Why have you brought the assembly of the Lord into this wilderness, that we should die here, both we and our cattle? 5 And (E)why have you made us come up out of Egypt to bring us to this evil place? It is no place for grain or figs or vines or pomegranates, and there is no water to drink.”
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Acts 15:10
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10 Now, therefore, why (A)are you putting God to the test (B)by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples (C)that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
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Acts 5:9
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9 But Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together (A)to test (B)the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”
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Luke 4:12
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12 And Jesus answered him, “It is said, (A)‘You shall not (B)put the Lord your God to the test.’”
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Malachi 3:15
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15 And now we call (A)the arrogant blessed. (B)Evildoers not only prosper but (C)they put God to the test and they escape.’”
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Psalm 106:14
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Psalm 78:56
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Numbers 14:22
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22 (A)none of the men who have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have put me to the test these (B)ten times and have not obeyed my voice,
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Exodus 17:7
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7 And he called the name of the place (A)Massah[a] and (B)Meribah,[b] because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the Lord by saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
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- Exodus 17:7 Massah means testing
- Exodus 17:7 Meribah means quarreling
Luke 15:12
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12 And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me (A)the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided (B)his property between them.
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Exodus 16:2-3
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2 And the whole congregation of the people of Israel (A)grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, 3 and the people of Israel said to them, (B)“Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, (C)when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
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Exodus 15:24
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24 And the people (A)grumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”
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Exodus 14:11-12
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11 They (A)said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us in bringing us out of Egypt? 12 Is not this what (B)we said to you in Egypt: ‘Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
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Matthew 16:1-3
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The Pharisees and Sadducees Demand Signs
16 (A)And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and (B)to test him (C)they asked him to show them (D)a sign from heaven. 2 He answered them,[a] (E)“When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ 3 And in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ (F)You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret (G)the signs of the times.
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- Matthew 16:2 Some manuscripts omit the following words to the end of verse 3
1 Samuel 8:6
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6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to the Lord.
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