Matthew 4:7

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Deuteronomy 6:16

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

1 Corinthians 10:9

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

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.

Hebrews 3:9

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

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 17:2

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?”

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.”

Psalm 106:14

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

Psalm 95:9

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

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.’ ”

Psalm 78:56

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

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,

Matthew 4:4

But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”

Isaiah 8:20

To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”

Matthew 21:42

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing, And it is marvelous in our eyes’?

Matthew 21:16

and said to Him, “Do You hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have perfected praise’?”

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?