Acts 5:9

You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the wicked one will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off.

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of God’s mouth.’ ”

They turned again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.”

These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Yahweh, and he was sanctified in them.

Yahweh sent venomous snakes among the people, and they bit the people. Many people of Israel died.

About Levi he said, “Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, whom you proved at Massah, with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah.

Don’t harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the price of the land?

Pay attention to him, and listen to his voice. Don’t provoke him, for he will not pardon your disobedience, for my name is in him.

The people quarreled with Moses, and spoke, saying, “We wish that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh!

At Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth Hattaavah you provoked Yahweh to wrath.

for when Jezebel cut off Yahweh’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.

but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland.

Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

In the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, the Lord Yahweh’s hand fell on me there.

Then some of the elders of Israel came to me, and sat before me.

In the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of Yahweh, and sat before me.

For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.

During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,

After the piece of bread, then Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.”

So they took Jesus’ body, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.

who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.

Lay hands hastily on no one. Don’t be a participant in other people’s sins. Keep yourself pure.

because in the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, to honor me as holy at the waters before their eyes.” (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)

But he said, “As Yahweh lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none.” He urged him to take it; but he refused.

So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

You have reproached me ten times. You aren’t ashamed that you attack me.

Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men?

He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn’t abhor evil.

But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.

when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.

The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.

My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.

A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

It will blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. Lebanon’s glory will be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon. They will see Yahweh’s glory, the excellence of our God.

The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound,

But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. Therefore he turned and became their enemy, and he himself fought against them.

I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their good, and the good of their children after them.

that you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth any more, because of your shame, when I have forgiven you all that you have done,” says the Lord Yahweh.’ ”

They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money: yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, “Isn’t Yahweh among us? No disaster will come on us.”

Satan entered into Judas, who was also called Iscariot, who was counted with the twelve.

They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger.

But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’

For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”

Let’s not test Christ, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

and having fitted your feet with the preparation of the Good News of peace,

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

where your fathers tested me and tried me, and saw my deeds for forty years.

Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies,

When God caused me to wander from my father’s house, I said to her, ‘This is your kindness which you shall show to me. Everywhere that we go, say of me, “He is my brother.” ’ ”

Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahweh?”

He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh, saying, “Is Yahweh among us, or not?”

because all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;

Israel has sinned. Yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. Yes, they have even taken some of the devoted things, and have also stolen, and also deceived. They have even put it among their own stuff.

He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in Yahweh’s name. Then two female bears came out of the woods, and mauled forty-two of those youths.

He said to him, “Didn’t my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards, and sheep and cattle, and male servants and female servants?

But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. Then the king sent a man from before him; but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, “Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? Behold, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold the door shut against him. Isn’t the sound of his master’s feet behind him?”

When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.

Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.

Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh: they shall certainly not be unpunished.

But Ahaz said, “I won’t ask. I won’t tempt Yahweh.”

“ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “It will happen in that day that things will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.

Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.

Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’

Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’ ”

Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?

But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?

The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.

Shall we give, or shall we not give?” But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.”

He called him, and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’

While you kept it, didn’t it remain your own? After it was sold, wasn’t it in your power? How is it that you have conceived this thing in your heart? You haven’t lied to men, but to God.”

The young men arose and wrapped him up, and they carried him out and buried him.

Now therefore why do you tempt God, that you should put a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.

I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.

Yahweh said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries to me from the ground.

Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?

And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!”