Acts 5:9

New Living Translation

And Peter said, “How could the two of you even think of conspiring to test the Spirit of the Lord like this? The young men who buried your husband are just outside the door, and they will carry you out, too.”

Cross References

Genesis 20:13

When God called me to leave my father’s home and to travel from place to place, I told her, ‘Do me a favor. Wherever we go, tell the people that I am your brother.’”

2 Kings 6:32

Elisha was sitting in his house with the elders of Israel when the king sent a messenger to summon him. But before the messenger arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “A murderer has sent a man to cut off my head. When he arrives, shut the door and keep him out. We will soon hear his master’s steps following him.”

Psalm 50:18

When you see thieves, you approve of them, and you spend your time with adulterers.

Psalm 78:56

But they kept testing and rebelling against God Most High. They did not obey his laws.

Exodus 17:2

So once more the people complained against Moses. “Give us water to drink!” they demanded. “Quiet!” Moses replied. “Why are you complaining against me? And why are you testing the Lord?”

Exodus 17:7

Moses named the place Massah (which means “test”) and Meribah (which means “arguing”) because the people of Israel argued with Moses and tested the Lord by saying, “Is the Lord here with us or not?”

Proverbs 11:21

Evil people will surely be punished, but the children of the godly will go free.

Proverbs 16:5

The Lord detests the proud; they will surely be punished.

Micah 7:3

Both their hands are equally skilled at doing evil! Officials and judges alike demand bribes. The people with influence get what they want, and together they scheme to twist justice.

Numbers 14:22

not one of these people will ever enter that land. They have all seen my glorious presence and the miraculous signs I performed both in Egypt and in the wilderness, but again and again they have tested me by refusing to listen to my voice.

Matthew 4:7

Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.’”

Luke 16:2

So the employer called him in and said, ‘What’s this I hear about you? Get your report in order, because you are going to be fired.’

Acts 15:10

So why are you now challenging God by burdening the Gentile believers with a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors were able to bear?

Acts 5:6

Then some young men got up, wrapped him in a sheet, and took him out and buried him.

Romans 10:15

And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why the Scriptures say, “How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news!”

Romans 3:19

Obviously, the law applies to those to whom it was given, for its purpose is to keep people from having excuses, and to show that the entire world is guilty before God.

1 Corinthians 10:9

Nor should we put Christ to the test, as some of them did and then died from snakebites.