1 Corinthians 10:22 · KJV
“Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?”
— 1 Corinthians 10:22
Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. {expedient: or, profitable}
1 Corinthians 10 — Context
But I {say}, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
21Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
23All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. {expedient: or, profitable}
24Let no man seek his own, but every man another's {wealth}.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:21
They have moved me to jealousy with {that which is} not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with {those which are} not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
Deuteronomy 32:16
They provoked him to jealousy with strange {gods}, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
Hebrews 10:31
{It is} a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Joshua 24:19
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he {is} an holy God; he {is} a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. {holy God: Heb. holy Gods}
Exodus 20:5
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God {am} a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth {generation} of them that hate me;
Psalms 78:58
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
Ezekiel 22:14
Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken {it}, and will do {it}.
Ecclesiastes 6:10
That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it {is} man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.