John 8:6

God's Word

They asked this to test him. They wanted to find a reason to bring charges against him. Jesus bent down and used his finger to write on the ground.

Cross References

Genesis 49:9

Judah, you are a lion cub. You have come back from the kill, my son. He lies down and rests like a lion. He is like a lioness. Who dares to disturb him?

Psalm 39:1

I said, “I will watch my ways so that I do not sin with my tongue. I will bridle my mouth while wicked people are in my presence.”

Proverbs 26:17

⌞Like⌟ grabbing a dog by the ears, ⌞so⌟ is a bystander who gets involved in someone else’s quarrel.

Ecclesiastes 3:7

a time to tear apart and a time to sew together, a time to keep quiet and a time to speak out,

Jeremiah 17:13

O Lord, the Hope of Israel, all who abandon you will be put to shame. Those who turn away from you will be written in dust, because they abandon the Lord, the fountain of life-giving water.

Daniel 5:5

Suddenly, the fingers of a person’s hand appeared and wrote on the plaster wall opposite the lamp stand of the royal palace. The king watched as the hand wrote.

Amos 5:10

Israel, you hate anyone who speaks out against injustice. You are disgusted by anyone who speaks the truth.

Amos 5:13

That is why a wise person remains silent at such times, because those times are so evil.

Numbers 14:22

none of the people who saw my glory and the miraculous signs I did in Egypt and in the desert will see the land which I promised their ancestors. They have tested me now ten times and refused to obey me.

Matthew 10:16

“I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as cunning as snakes but as innocent as doves.

Matthew 15:23

But he did not answer her at all. Then his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away. She keeps shouting behind us.”

Matthew 16:1

The Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus. So they asked him to show them a miraculous sign from heaven.

Matthew 19:3

Some Pharisees came to test him. They asked, “Can a man divorce his wife for any reason?”

Matthew 22:18

Jesus recognized their evil plan, so he asked, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?

Matthew 22:35

One of them, an expert in Moses’ Teachings, tested Jesus by asking,

Matthew 26:63

But Jesus was silent. Then the chief priest said to him, “Swear an oath in front of the living God and tell us, are you the Messiah, the Son of God?”

Mark 10:2

Some Pharisees came to test him. They asked, “Can a husband divorce his wife?”

Mark 12:15

Jesus recognized their hypocrisy, so he asked them, “Why do you test me? Bring me a coin so that I can look at it.”

Mark 3:2

The people were watching Jesus closely. They wanted to see whether he would heal the man on the day of rest—a holy day, so that they could accuse him of doing something wrong.

Mark 8:11

The Pharisees went to Jesus and began to argue with him. They tested him by demanding that he perform a miraculous sign from heaven.

Luke 10:25

Then an expert in Moses’ Teachings stood up to test Jesus. He asked, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Luke 11:16

Others wanted to test Jesus and demanded that he show them some miraculous sign from heaven.

John 8:2

Early the next morning he returned to the temple courtyard. All the people went to him, so he sat down and began to teach them.

1 Corinthians 10:9

We shouldn’t put the Lord  to the test as some of them did. They were killed by snakes.