2 xTherefore 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 ytest the Lord?”
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Deuteronomy 6:16
“You shall not put the LORD your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.
Psalm 78:18
They tested God in their heart
by demanding the food they craved.
Psalm 78:41
They tested God again and again
and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
Psalm 95:8–9
do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah,
as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
when your fathers put me to the test
and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.
Isaiah 7:12
But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the LORD to the test.”
Matthew 4:7
Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
1 Corinthians 10:9
We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents,
Hebrews 3:8–9
do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
on the day of testing in the wilderness,
where your fathers put me to the test
and saw my works for forty years.
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