1 Corinthians 10:22 “Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He…”

1 Corinthians 10:22

Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

World English Bible

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

American Standard Version

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

Geneva Bible 1599

Doe we prouoke the Lord to anger? are we stronger then he?

Darby Translation

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

Young's Literal Translation

do we arouse the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than He?

Bible in Basic English

Or may we be the cause of envy to the Lord? are we stronger than he?

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Cross references

“we provoke”

Deuteronomy 32:21 Deuteronomy 32:16 Exodus 20:5 Exodus 34:14 Deuteronomy 4:24 Deuteronomy 6:15

Deuteronomy 32:21 · BSB

They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understandin…

Deuteronomy 32:16 · BSB

They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.

Exodus 20:5 · BSB

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Exodus 34:14 · BSB

For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Deuteronomy 4:24 · BSB

For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Deuteronomy 6:15 · BSB

For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.

“are”

Hebrews 10:31 Job 40:9–14 Ezekiel 22:14 Job 9:4

Hebrews 10:31 · BSB

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Job 40:9–14 · BSB

Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?

Ezekiel 22:14 · BSB

Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will act.

Job 9:4 · BSB

God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?

Also

Ecclesiastes 6:10 Isaiah 45:9

Ecclesiastes 6:10 · BSB

Whatever exists was named long ago, and it is known what man is; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.

Isaiah 45:9 · BSB

Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.

23“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.

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