'Provocation' in the Bible

And Jehovah seeth and despiseth -- For the provocation of His sons and His daughters.

put not thy handmaid before a daughter of worthlessness, for from the abundance of my meditation, and of my provocation, I have spoken hitherto.'

because of the sins of Jeroboam that he sinned, and that he caused Israel to sin, by his provocation with which he provoked to anger Jehovah, God of Israel.

and given up thy house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah, for the provocation with which thou hast provoked Me, and dost cause Israel to sin.

For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,

O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together!

Old from provocation is mine eye, It is old because of all mine adversaries,

Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress is to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.

A provocation to his father is a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.

And I bring them in unto the land, That I did lift up My hand to give to them, And they see every high hill, and every thick tree, And they sacrifice there their sacrifices, And give there the provocation of their offering, And make there their sweet fragrance, And they pour out there their libations.

ye may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of the temptation in the wilderness,

in its being said, 'To-day, if His voice ye may hear, ye may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation,'