Deuteronomy 6:16

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Psalm 78:18

They willfully challenged God by asking for food to satisfy their appetite.

Exodus 17:2

So the people contended with Moses, and they said, “Give us water to drink!” Moses said to them, “Why do you contend with me? Why do you test the Lord?”

Exodus 17:7

He called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the contending of the Israelites and because of their testing the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

Numbers 20:13

These are the waters of Meribah, because the Israelites contended with the Lord, and his holiness was maintained among them.

Matthew 4:7

Jesus said to him, “Once again it is written: ‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’”

Luke 4:12

Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’”

1 Corinthians 10:9

And let us not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes.

Deuteronomy 33:8

Of Levi he said: Your Thummim and Urim belong to your godly one, whose authority you challenged at Massah, and with whom you argued at the waters of Meribah.