1 Corinthians 10:9 · KJV
“Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.”
— 1 Corinthians 10:9
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
1 Corinthians 10 — Context
Neither be ye idolaters, as {were} some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
9Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
10Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
11Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. {ensamples: or, types}
Cross References
Numbers 21:5-6
And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for {there is} no bread, neither {is there any} water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
Psalms 78:18
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
Hebrews 3:8-11
Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
Exodus 17:2
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?
Psalms 78:56
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
Exodus 17:7
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? {Massah: that is, Temptation} {Meribah: that is, Chiding, or, Strife}
Deuteronomy 6:16
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted {him} in Massah.
Exodus 23:20-21
Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.