John 8:6

Modern English Version

They said this, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear them.

Cross References

Genesis 49:9

Judah is a lion’s cub; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches and lies down like a lion; and as a lion, who dares rouse him?

Psalm 39:1

I said, “I will guard my ways, lest I sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth while the wicked are before me.”

Proverbs 26:17

Like he who takes a passing dog by the ears, is one who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

Ecclesiastes 3:7

a time to tear up, and a time to mend together; a time to be silent, and a time to speak;

Jeremiah 17:13

O  Lord, the Hope of Israel, all who forsake You will be ashamed. “Those who forsake Me will be written in the dust, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.”

Daniel 5:5

Immediately fingers of a man’s hand appeared and wrote opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace. And the king saw the back of the hand that wrote.

Amos 5:10

They hate the one who prosecutes at the gate, and abhor the one who speaks with integrity.

Amos 5:13

Therefore the prudent are silent at such a time, for it is an evil time.

Numbers 14:22

Because all those men seeing My glory and My signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted Me now these ten times, and have not listened to My voice,

Matthew 10:16

“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

Matthew 15:23

But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and begged Him, saying, “Send her away, for she cries out after us.”

Matthew 16:1

The Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing Him, asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.

Matthew 19:3

The Pharisees also came to Him, tempting Him and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

Matthew 22:18

But Jesus perceived their wickedness and said, “Why test Me, you hypocrites?

Matthew 22:35

One of them, who was a lawyer, tested Him by asking Him,

Matthew 26:63

But Jesus remained silent. The high priest said to Him, “I adjure You by the living God, tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of God.”

Mark 10:2

The Pharisees came to test Him, asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

Mark 12:15

Should we pay, or should we not pay?” But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why test Me? Bring Me a denarius that I may see it.”

Mark 3:2

They watched Him to see whether He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him.

Mark 8:11

The Pharisees came up and began to debate with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven to test Him.

Luke 10:25

And behold, a lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Luke 11:16

Others, testing Him, asked Him for a sign from heaven.

John 8:2

Early in the morning He returned to the temple. All the people came to Him, and He sat down and taught them.

1 Corinthians 10:9

Neither let us test Christ, as some of them also tempted and were destroyed by serpents.