17 Bible Verses about Provoking

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1 Samuel 1:6

Her rival, however, would provoke her bitterly to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.

Jeremiah 7:19

Do they spite Me?” declares the Lord. “Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?”

1 Corinthians 10:22

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we?

1 Samuel 1:7

It happened year after year, as often as she went up to the house of the Lord, she would provoke her; so she wept and would not eat.

Romans 10:19

But I say, surely Israel did not know, did they? First Moses says,
“I will make you jealous by that which is not a nation,
By a nation without understanding will I anger you.”

Psalm 78:10

They did not keep the covenant of God
And refused to walk in His law;

Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy and the sand weighty,
But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.

Leviticus 19:29

‘Do not profane your daughter by making her a harlot, so that the land will not fall to harlotry and the land become full of lewdness.

Galatians 5:26

Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another.

2 Corinthians 9:2

for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the Macedonians, namely, that Achaia has been prepared since last year, and your zeal has stirred up most of them.

Deuteronomy 4:25

“When you become the father of children and children’s children and have remained long in the land, and act corruptly, and make an idol in the form of anything, and do that which is evil in the sight of the Lord your God so as to provoke Him to anger,

Ezekiel 16:26

You also played the harlot with the Egyptians, your lustful neighbors, and multiplied your harlotry to make Me angry.

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Deuteronomy 9:7-8

Remember, do not forget how you provoked the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness; from the day that you left the land of Egypt until you arrived at this place, you have been rebellious against the Lord.

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