8 Bible Verses about Provoking

Or are we actually arousing the Lord to jealousy. Are we stronger than He is?

But again, did Israel fail to understand? Listen to Moses first. He says, "I will fire you with jealousy against a nation which is no nation, and with fury against a nation devoid of understanding."

And you, fathers, do not irritate your children, but bring them up tenderly with true Christian training and advice.

Fathers, do not fret and harass your children, or you may make them sullen and morose.

And let us bestow thought on one another with a view to arousing one another to brotherly love and right conduct;

Let us not become vain-glorious, challenging one another, envying one another.

For I know your earnest willingness, on account of which I habitually boast of you to the Macedonians, pointing out to them that for a whole year you in Greece have been ready; and the greater number of them have been spurred on by your ardour.