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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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.
Psalm 78:41
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41 Again and again they tested God’s patience
and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
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.
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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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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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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Psalm 106:14
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14 In the wilderness their desires ran wild,
testing God’s patience in that dry wasteland.
Psalm 95:9
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9 For there your ancestors tested and tried my patience,
even though they saw everything I did.
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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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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Matthew 4:10
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10 “Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him. “For the Scriptures say,
‘You must worship the Lord your God
and serve only him.’[a]”
Matthew 4:4
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4 But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say,
‘People do not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’[a]”
Isaiah 8:20
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20 Look to God’s instructions and teachings! People who contradict his word are completely in the dark.
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Matthew 22:31-32
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31 “But now, as to whether there will be a resurrection of the dead—haven’t you ever read about this in the Scriptures? Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said,[a] 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’[b] So he is the God of the living, not the dead.”
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Matthew 21:42
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42 Then Jesus asked them, “Didn’t you ever read this in the Scriptures?
‘The stone that the builders rejected
has now become the cornerstone.
This is the Lord’s doing,
and it is wonderful to see.’[a]
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Matthew 21:16
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16 They asked Jesus, “Do you hear what these children are saying?”
“Yes,” Jesus replied. “Haven’t you ever read the Scriptures? For they say, ‘You have taught children and infants to give you praise.’[a]”
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