Matthew 4:7

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Psalm 106:14

In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving for meat; they challenged God in the desert.

Psalm 78:18

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

Psalm 78:41

They again challenged God, and offended the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 78:56

Yet they challenged and defied the sovereign God, and did not obey his commands.

Psalm 95:9

where your ancestors challenged my authority, and tried my patience, even though they had seen my work.

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?”

Isaiah 8:20

Then you must recall the Lord’s instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.

Malachi 3:15

So now we consider the arrogant to be happy; indeed, those who practice evil are successful. In fact, those who challenge God escape!’”

Numbers 14:22

For all the people have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have tempted me now these ten times, and have not obeyed me,

Matthew 21:16

and said to him, “Do you hear what they are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouths of children and nursing infants you have prepared praise for yourself’?”

Matthew 21:42

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus said to him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written: ‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”

Matthew 4:4

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Luke 4:12

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

Acts 15:10

So now why are you putting God to the test by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

Acts 5:9

Peter then told her, “Why have you agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out!”

1 Corinthians 10:9

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

Deuteronomy 6:16

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

Hebrews 3:9

“There your fathers tested me and tried me, and they saw my works for forty years.