17 Bible Verses about Provoking

And her foe also provoked her grievously, in order to make her tremble, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.

Do they vex Me? says Jehovah. Is it not themselves, to the shame of their own faces?

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of Jehovah, so she provoked her. And she wept and did not eat.

But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses says, "I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you."

And fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they be discouraged.

They did not keep the covenant of God, and refused to walk in His Law.

How often they provoked Him in the wilderness, and grieved Him in the desert!

and let us consider one another to provoke to love and to good works,

A stone is heavy, and sand is heavy; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

You shall not prostitute your daughter, to cause her to be a whore, lest the land go whoring, and the land become full of wickedness.

Let us not become glory-seeking, provoking one another, envying one another.

For I know your eagerness, of which I boast to Macedonia on your behalf, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal has aroused the greater number.

When you father sons and sons of sons, and when you shall have remained long in the land and have dealt corruptly by making a graven image, the likeness of anything, and shall do evil in the sight of Jehovah your God, to provoke Him to anger,

You have also whored with the Egyptians, your neighbors great of flesh, and have multiplied your fornications to provoke Me to anger.