Isaiah 7:12

WEB

¹²But Ahaz said, “I won’t ask. I won’t tempt the LORD.”

KJV

¹²But Ahaz^[+] said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.

BSB

¹²But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask; I will not test the LORD.”

FBV

¹²“No, I'm not going to ask,” Ahaz replied. “I refuse to put the Lord to the test.”

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Extra References

1 Corinthians 10:9

⁹Let’s not test Christ,^[+] as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.

2 Chronicles 28:22

²²In the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against the LORD, this same King Ahaz.

Acts 5:9

⁹But Peter asked her, “How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

Malachi 3:15

¹⁵Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’

³¹They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.

2 Kings 16:15

¹⁵King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, “On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, the evening meal offering, the king’s burnt offering and his meal offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, their meal offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice; but the bronze altar will be for me to inquire by.”

Deuteronomy 6:16

¹⁶You shall not tempt the LORD your God, as you tempted him in Massah.