17 Bible Verses about Provoking

Her rival wife used to upset her and make her worry, for the Lord had not enabled her to have children.

But I am not really the one being troubled!" says the Lord. "Rather they are bringing trouble on themselves to their own shame!

Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?

Peninnah would behave this way year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the Lord's house, Peninnah would upset her so that she would weep and refuse to eat.

But again I ask, didn't Israel understand? First Moses says, "I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; with a senseless nation I will provoke you to anger."

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become disheartened.

They did not keep their covenant with God, and they refused to obey his law.

How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and insulted him in the desert!

And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works,

A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them.

Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land does not practice prostitution and become full of lewdness.

Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, being jealous of one another.

because I know your eagerness to help. I keep boasting to the Macedonians about this eagerness of yours, that Achaia has been ready to give since last year, and your zeal to participate has stirred up most of them.

After you have produced children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, if you become corrupt and make an image of any kind and do other evil things before the Lord your God that enrage him,

You engaged in prostitution with the Egyptians, your sexually aroused neighbors, multiplying your promiscuity and provoking me to anger.