Matthew 4:7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”

Cross References

Psalm 106:14

But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness and put God to the test in the desert;

Psalm 78:18

They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved.

Psalm 78:41

They tested God again and again and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 78:56

Yet they tested the Most High God and rebelled against him. They did not observe his decrees

Psalm 95:9

when your ancestors tested me and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.

Exodus 17:2

The people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?”

Exodus 17:7

He called the place Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarreled and tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

Isaiah 8:20

for teaching and for instruction?” surely those who speak like this will have no dawn!

Malachi 3:15

Now we count the arrogant happy; evildoers not only prosper, but when they put God to the test they escape.”

Numbers 14:22

none of the people who have seen my glory and the signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness and yet have tested me these ten times and have not obeyed my voice

Matthew 21:16

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

Matthew 21:42

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the scriptures: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is amazing in our eyes’?

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written, ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.’ ”

Matthew 4:4

But he answered, “It is written, ‘One 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, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”

Acts 15:10

Now, therefore, 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

Then Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together to put the Spirit of the Lord to the test? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

1 Corinthians 10:9

We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by serpents.

Deuteronomy 6:16

“Do not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.

Hebrews 3:9

where your ancestors put me to the test, though they had seen my works