Matthew 4:7

Jesus answers the devil's misuse of Scripture by quoting Deuteronomy: God is not to be put to the test. It shows that obedience trusts God rather than demanding He prove Himself.

Cross-references · 19

• Deut 6:16You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.
• 1 Cor 10:9Let us not test Christ, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.
• Ps 78:18They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
• Ps 78:41They turned again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
• Heb 3:9where your fathers tested me by proving me, and saw my deeds for forty years.
• Exod 17:7He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh, saying, “Is Yahweh among us, or not?”
• Exod 17:2Therefore 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 Yahweh?”
• Acts 5:9But Peter asked her, “How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”
• Ps 106:14but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland.
• Ps 78:56Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies;
• Ps 95:9when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.
• Num 14:22because all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;
• Mal 3:15Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’
• Matt 4:4But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”
• Isa 8:20Turn to the law and to the testimony! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
• Matt 4:10Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’”
• Matt 22:31–32But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,
• Matt 21:42Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes?’
• Matt 21:16and said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes. Did you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing babies you have perfected praise?’”

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