Exodus 17:2

New King James Version

Therefore the people contended with Moses, and said, “Give us water, that we may drink.” So Moses said to them, “Why do you contend with me? Why do you tempt the Lord?”

Cross References

Psalm 106:13

They soon forgot His works; They did not wait for His counsel,

Psalm 106:14

But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tested God in the desert.

Psalm 78:18

And they tested God in their heart By asking for the food of their fancy.

Psalm 78:41

Yes, again and again they tempted God, And limited the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 78:56

Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God, And did not keep His testimonies,

Psalm 95:8

“Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, As in the day of trial in the wilderness,

Psalm 95:9

When your fathers tested Me; They tried Me, though they saw My work.

Exodus 15:24

And the people complained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”

Exodus 16:8

Also Moses said, “This shall be seen when the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to the full; for the Lord hears your complaints which you make against Him. And what are we? Your complaints are not against us but against the Lord.”

Exodus 17:7

So he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

Exodus 5:21

And they said to them, “Let the Lord look on you and judge, because you have made us abhorrent in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us.”

Isaiah 7:12

But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, nor will I test the Lord!”

Malachi 3:15

So now we call the proud blessed, For those who do wickedness are raised up; They even tempt God and go free.’ ”

Numbers 14:2

And all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness!

Numbers 14:22

because all these men who have seen My glory and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put Me to the test now these ten times, and have not heeded My voice,

Numbers 21:5

And the people spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread.”

Matthew 4:7

Jesus said to him, “It is written again, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ ”

Luke 15:12

And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.’ So he divided to them his livelihood.

Luke 4:12

And Jesus answered and said to him, “It has been said, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ ”

Acts 15:10

Now therefore, why do you test God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

Acts 5:9

Then Peter said to her, “How is it that you have 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

nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents;

Deuteronomy 6:16

“You shall not tempt the Lord your God as you tempted Him in Massah.

Deuteronomy 9:22

“Also at Taberah and Massah and Kibroth Hattaavah you provoked the Lord to wrath.

Hebrews 3:9

Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, And saw My works forty years.

1 Samuel 8:6

But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” So Samuel prayed to the Lord.