Matthew 4:7
New Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God."
Word-by-Word Analysis
Ἰησοῦς
Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
כָּתַב
kâthab
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
נָסָה
nâçâh
to test; by implication, to attempt
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
Key Terms in This Verse
כָּתַב kâthab
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
Study H3789 →Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Study G2424 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes...
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