Jesus said to him, “It is written again, (A)‘You shall not [a]tempt the Lord your God.’

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  1. Matthew 4:7 test

Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’[a](A)

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  1. Matthew 4:7 Deut. 6:16

16 (A)“You shall not [a]tempt the Lord your God (B)as you [b]tempted Him in Massah.

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  1. Deuteronomy 6:16 test
  2. Deuteronomy 6:16 tested

16 Do not put the Lord your God to the test(A) as you did at Massah.

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nor let us [a]tempt Christ, as (A)some of them also tempted, and (B)were destroyed by serpents;

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  1. 1 Corinthians 10:9 test

We should not test Christ,[a](A) as some of them did—and were killed by snakes.(B)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 10:9 Some manuscripts test the Lord

18 And (A)they tested God in their heart
By asking for the food of their fancy.

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18 They willfully put God to the test(A)
    by demanding the food they craved.(B)

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41 Yes, (A)again and again they tempted God,
And limited the Holy One of Israel.

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41 Again and again they put God to the test;(A)
    they vexed the Holy One of Israel.(B)

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Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me,
And saw My works forty years.

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where your ancestors tested and tried me,
    though for forty years they saw what I did.(A)

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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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  1. Exodus 17:7 Lit. Tempted
  2. Exodus 17:7 Lit. Contention
  3. Exodus 17:7 tested

And he called the place Massah[a](A) and Meribah[b](B) because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the Lord saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

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  1. Exodus 17:7 Massah means testing.
  2. Exodus 17:7 Meribah means quarreling.

(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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So they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water(A) to drink.”(B)

Moses replied, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the Lord to the test?”(C)

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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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Peter said to her, “How could you conspire to test the Spirit of the Lord?(A) Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”

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15 So now (A)we call the proud blessed,
For those who do wickedness are [a]raised up;
They even (B)tempt God and go free.’ ”

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  1. Malachi 3:15 Lit. built

15 But now we call the arrogant(A) blessed. Certainly evildoers(B) prosper,(C) and even when they put God to the test, they get away with it.’”

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When (A)your fathers tested Me;
They tried Me, though they (B)saw My work.

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where your ancestors tested(A) me;
    they tried me, though they had seen what I did.

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14 (A)But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,
And tested God in the desert.

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14 In the desert(A) they gave in to their craving;
    in the wilderness(B) they put God to the test.(C)

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56 (A)Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God,
And did not keep His testimonies,

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56 But they put God to the test
    and rebelled against the Most High;
    they did not keep his statutes.

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