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Deuteronomy 6:16

Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.

Deuteronomy 6:16 BSB
  1. a Massah means testing; see Exodus 17:7; cited in Matthew 4:7 and Luke 4:12.

Deuteronomy 6:16 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 10 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Exodus 17:7 (32 votes) and Luke 4:12 (27 votes). 10 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from Exodus 17 to Hebrews 3.

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Which verses does Deuteronomy 6:16 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Exodus 17:732 votes

    He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”

  2. Luke 4:1227 votes

    But Jesus answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

  3. Matthew 4:726 votes

    Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

  4. Psalm 95:8–923 votes

    do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness, where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.

  5. Hebrews 3:8–920 votes

    do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.

  6. 1 Corinthians 10:917 votes

    We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.

  7. Exodus 17:215 votes

    So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”

  8. Numbers 21:4–511 votes

    Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”

  9. Numbers 20:3–410 votes

    The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD! Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here?

  10. Numbers 20:1310 votes

    These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.

Which verses point to Deuteronomy 6:16?

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