Deuteronomy 6:16

16 Don't push God, your God, to the wall as you did that day at Massah, the Testing-Place.

Deuteronomy 6:16 In-Context

14 Don't fool around with other gods, the gods of your neighbors,
15 because God, your God, who is alive among you is a jealous God. Don't provoke him, igniting his hot anger that would burn you right off the face of the Earth.
16 Don't push God, your God, to the wall as you did that day at Massah, the Testing-Place.
17 Carefully keep the commands of God, your God, all the requirements and regulations he gave you.
18 Do what is right; do what is good in God's sight so you'll live a good life and be able to march in and take this pleasant land that God so solemnly promised through your ancestors,
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