Deuteronomy 6:16

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Deuteronomy 6:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.

15 For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.

16 Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.

17 You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.

18 Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Matthew 4:7

Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

Luke 4:12

But Jesus answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

Exodus 17:2

So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”

Exodus 17:7

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

Numbers 20:3

The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!

Numbers 20:4

Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here?

Numbers 20:13

These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.

Numbers 21:4

Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey

Numbers 21:5

and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”

Psalms 95:8

do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,

Psalms 95:9

where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.

1 Corinthians 10:9

We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.

Hebrews 3:8

do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,

Hebrews 3:9

where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.