Matthew 4:7

New American Bible - revised edition

Jesus answered him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.’”

Cross References

Psalm 106:14

In the desert they gave in to their cravings, tempted God in the wasteland.

Psalm 78:18

They tested God in their hearts, demanding the food they craved.

Psalm 78:41

Again and again they tested God, provoked the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 78:56

But they tested and rebelled against God Most High, his decrees they did not observe.

Psalm 95:9

There your ancestors tested me; they tried me though they had seen my works.

Exodus 17:2

and so they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses replied to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the Lord to a test?”

Exodus 17:7

The place was named Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarreled there and tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord in our midst or not?” Battle with Amalek.

Isaiah 8:20

for instruction and testimony?” Surely, those who speak like this are the ones for whom there is no dawn.

Malachi 3:15

But we call the arrogant blessed; for evildoers not only prosper but even test God and escape.”

Numbers 14:22

of all the people who have seen my glory and the signs I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and who nevertheless have put me to the test ten times already and have not obeyed me,

Matthew 21:16

and said to him, “Do you hear what they are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes; and have you never read the text, ‘Out of the mouths of infants and nurslings you have brought forth praise’?”

Matthew 21:42

Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the scriptures: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; by the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes’?

Matthew 4:10

At this, Jesus said to him, “Get away, Satan! It is written: ‘The Lord, your God, shall you worship and him alone shall you serve.’”

Matthew 4:4

He said in reply, “It is written: ‘One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.’”

Luke 4:12

Jesus said to him in reply, “It also says, ‘You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.’”

Acts 15:10

Why, then, are you now putting God to the test by placing on the shoulders of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

Acts 5:9

Then Peter said to her, “Why did you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen, the footsteps of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

1 Corinthians 10:9

Let us not test Christ as some of them did, and suffered death by serpents.

Deuteronomy 6:16

You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test, as you did at Massah.

Hebrews 3:9

where your ancestors tested and tried me and saw my works