Exodus 17:2
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2 So once more the people complained against Moses. “Give us water to drink!” they demanded.
“Quiet!” Moses replied. “Why are you complaining against me? And why are you testing the Lord?”
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Psalm 78:41
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41 Again and again they tested God’s patience
and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
Deuteronomy 6:16
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16 You must not test the Lord your God as you did when you complained at Massah.
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1 Corinthians 10:9
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9 Nor should we put Christ[a] to the test, as some of them did and then died from snakebites.
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- 10:9 Some manuscripts read the Lord.
Psalm 78:18
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18 They stubbornly tested God in their hearts,
demanding the foods they craved.
Matthew 4:7
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7 Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.’[a]”
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Isaiah 7:12
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12 But the king refused. “No,” he said, “I will not test the Lord like that.”
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Hebrews 3:9
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9 There your ancestors tested and tried my patience,
even though they saw my miracles for forty years.
Psalm 95:9
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9 For there your ancestors tested and tried my patience,
even though they saw everything I did.
Numbers 21:5
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5 and they began to speak against God and Moses. “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die here in the wilderness?” they complained. “There is nothing to eat here and nothing to drink. And we hate this horrible manna!”
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Numbers 20:2-5
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2 There was no water for the people to drink at that place, so they rebelled against Moses and Aaron. 3 The people blamed Moses and said, “If only we had died in the Lord’s presence with our brothers! 4 Why have you brought the congregation of the Lord’s people into this wilderness to die, along with all our livestock? 5 Why did you make us leave Egypt and bring us here to this terrible place? This land has no grain, no figs, no grapes, no pomegranates, and no water to drink!”
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Acts 15:10
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10 So why are you now challenging God by burdening the Gentile believers[a] with a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors were able to bear?
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- 15:10 Greek disciples.
Acts 5:9
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9 And Peter said, “How could the two of you even think of conspiring to test the Spirit of the Lord like this? The young men who buried your husband are just outside the door, and they will carry you out, too.”
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Luke 4:12
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12 Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.’[a]”
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Malachi 3:15
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15 From now on we will call the arrogant blessed. For those who do evil get rich, and those who dare God to punish them suffer no harm.’”
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Psalm 106:14
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14 In the wilderness their desires ran wild,
testing God’s patience in that dry wasteland.
Psalm 78:56
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56 But they kept testing and rebelling against God Most High.
They did not obey his laws.
Numbers 14:22
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22 not one of these people will ever enter that land. They have all seen my glorious presence and the miraculous signs I performed both in Egypt and in the wilderness, but again and again they have tested me by refusing to listen to my voice.
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Exodus 17:7
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7 Moses named the place Massah (which means “test”) and Meribah (which means “arguing”) because the people of Israel argued with Moses and tested the Lord by saying, “Is the Lord here with us or not?”
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Luke 15:12
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12 The younger son told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you die.’ So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons.
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Exodus 16:2-3
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2 There, too, the whole community of Israel complained about Moses and Aaron.
3 “If only the Lord had killed us back in Egypt,” they moaned. “There we sat around pots filled with meat and ate all the bread we wanted. But now you have brought us into this wilderness to starve us all to death.”
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Exodus 15:24
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24 Then the people complained and turned against Moses. “What are we going to drink?” they demanded.
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Exodus 14:11-12
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11 and they said to Moses, “Why did you bring us out here to die in the wilderness? Weren’t there enough graves for us in Egypt? What have you done to us? Why did you make us leave Egypt? 12 Didn’t we tell you this would happen while we were still in Egypt? We said, ‘Leave us alone! Let us be slaves to the Egyptians. It’s better to be a slave in Egypt than a corpse in the wilderness!’”
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Matthew 16:1-3
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Leaders Demand a Miraculous Sign
16 One day the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, demanding that he show them a miraculous sign from heaven to prove his authority.
2 He replied, “You know the saying, ‘Red sky at night means fair weather tomorrow; 3 red sky in the morning means foul weather all day.’ You know how to interpret the weather signs in the sky, but you don’t know how to interpret the signs of the times![a]
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- 16:2-3 Several manuscripts do not include any of the words in 16:2-3 after He replied.
1 Samuel 8:6
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6 Samuel was displeased with their request and went to the Lord for guidance.
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