26 Bible Verses about Testing God
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Bring in all the tithe unto the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When ye have tried Me, now, with this, Said Jehovah of Hosts, Do not I open to you the windows of heaven? Yea, I have emptied on you a blessing till there is no space.
And Jesus answering said to him -- 'It hath been said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'
in which tempt Me did your fathers, they did prove Me, and saw My works forty years;
and the people strive with Moses, and say, 'Give us water, and we drink.' And Moses saith to them, 'What? -- ye strive with me, what? -- ye try Jehovah?'
now, therefore, why do ye tempt God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
and he calleth the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the 'strife' of the sons of Israel, and because of their 'trying' Jehovah, saying, 'Is Jehovah in our midst or not?'
for all the men who are seeing My honour, and My signs, which I have done in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and try Me these ten times, and have not hearkened to My voice --
Yea, they turn back, and try God, And the Holy One of Israel have limited.
And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept.
And they lust greatly in a wilderness, And try God in a desert.
ye may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of the temptation in the wilderness,
And Peter said unto her, 'How was it agreed by you, to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? lo, the feet of those who did bury thy husband are at the door, and they shall carry thee forth;'
neither may we tempt the Christ, as also certain of them did tempt, and by the serpents did perish;
And now, we are declaring the proud happy, Yea, built up have been those doing wickedness, Yea they have tempted God, and escape.'
for all the men who are seeing My honour, and My signs, which I have done in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and try Me these ten times, and have not hearkened to My voice -- they see not the land which I have sworn to their fathers, yea, none of those despising Me see it;
Harden not your heart as in Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness, Where your fathers have tried Me, Have proved Me, yea, have seen My work.
And Jehovah addeth to speak unto Ahaz, saying: Ask for thee a sign from Jehovah thy God, Make deep the request, or make it high upwards.' And Ahaz saith, 'I do not ask nor try Jehovah.'read more.
And he saith, 'Hear, I pray you, O house of David, Is it a little thing for you to weary men, That ye weary also my God?
And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, did question him, to shew to them a sign from the heaven,
and the Pharisees came forth, and began to dispute with him, seeking from him a sign from the heaven, tempting him;
They said therefore to him, 'What sign, then, dost thou, that we may see and may believe thee? what dost thou work?