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Matthew 4:7

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

Matthew 4:7 BSB
  1. a Deuteronomy 6:16

Matthew 4:7 has 19 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 16 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Deuteronomy 6:16 (110 votes) and 1 Corinthians 10:9 (35 votes). 19 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Genesis 3 to James 4.

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Which verses does Matthew 4:7 point to?

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

  1. Deuteronomy 6:16110 votes

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

  2. 1 Corinthians 10:935 votes

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

  3. Psalm 78:4127 votes

    Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

  4. Psalm 78:1826 votes

    They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.

  5. Hebrews 3:922 votes

    where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.

  6. Exodus 17:219 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?”

  7. Exodus 17:719 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?”

  8. Acts 5:916 votes

    “How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter replied. “Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”

  9. Psalm 78:5614 votes

    But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.

  10. Psalm 106:1414 votes

    They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.

  11. Numbers 14:2213 votes
  12. Psalm 95:913 votes
  13. Malachi 3:1512 votes
  14. Isaiah 8:204 votes
  15. Matthew 4:44 votes

    But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

  16. Matthew 4:104 votes

    “Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus told him. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”

  17. Matthew 21:161 vote
  18. Matthew 21:421 vote
  19. Matthew 22:31–321 vote

Which verses point to Matthew 4:7?

The 10 strongest of 19.