Bible verse
Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.
Deuteronomy 6:16 · BSB
The verses around it, from Deuteronomy 6.
12 be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
13 Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.
14 Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.
15 For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.
16 Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.
17 You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.
18 Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,
19 driving out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has said.
20 In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”
KJV
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted [him] in Massah.
ASV
Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
ERV
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
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