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It can be used in both negative and positive contexts, depending on the circumstances and the intent behind the provocation. Old Testament Context: In the Old Testament, the concept of provoking is often associated with the Israelites' relationship with God. The Israelites frequently provoked God through disobedience, idolatry, and rebellion. For instance, in <a href="/deuteronomy/9-7.htm">Deuteronomy 9:7</a> , Moses reminds the Israelites, "Remember this and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling against the LORD." The prophets also speak of provocation in terms of idolatry and injustice. In <a href="/isaiah/65-3.htm">Isaiah 65:3</a> , God describes the people as "a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in gardens and burning incense on altars of brick." New Testament Context: In the New Testament, the term "provoke" is used in both negative and positive senses. Negatively, it is used to describe actions that lead others to anger or sin. <a href="/ephesians/6-4.htm">Ephesians 6:4</a> advises, "Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord." This verse highlights the responsibility of parents to nurture their children without inciting unnecessary anger or resentment. Positively, the term can be used to encourage good works and love. <a href="/hebrews/10-24.htm">Hebrews 10:24</a> states, "And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds." Here, the idea is to provoke or stimulate one another towards positive actions and spiritual growth. Theological Implications: Provocation in the biblical sense often reflects the human tendency towards sin and rebellion against God. It serves as a reminder of the need for repentance and obedience. The repeated provocations of the Israelites serve as a cautionary tale of the consequences of straying from God's commandments. Conversely, the New Testament's call to provoke one another to love and good deeds underscores the communal aspect of the Christian faith, where believers are encouraged to support and uplift each other in their spiritual journeys. Practical Application: Understanding the concept of provocation in the Bible encourages believers to examine their own actions and words. It calls for a reflection on how one might inadvertently provoke others to anger or sin and emphasizes the importance of fostering an environment that encourages love, patience, and good works. Parents, leaders, and community members are particularly urged to be mindful of their influence on others, ensuring that their actions align with biblical teachings and promote spiritual growth.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (v. t.) To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite, as a person, to action by a challenge, by taunts, or by defiance; to exasperate; to irritate; to offend intolerably; to cause to retaliate.2. (v. i.) To cause provocation or anger.3. (v. i.) To appeal. [A Latinism]<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div>PROVOCATION; PROVOKEprov-o-ka'-shun, pro-vok': "Provoke," literally, "to call forth," hence, to excite or stir up, whether in a good or bad sense, appears frequently in the Old Testament as the translation of Piel, or Hiphil of ka`ac (noun, ka`ac), in the sense of "to make angry" (<a href="/deuteronomy/4-25.htm">Deuteronomy 4:25</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/9-18.htm">Deuteronomy 9:18</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-9.htm">1 Kings 14:9, 15</a>, etc.); sometimes of marah (<a href="/isaiah/3-8.htm">Isaiah 3:8</a>), and of other words. In the New Testament we have parazeloo, "to make jealous" (<a href="/romans/10-19.htm">Romans 10:19</a>; <a href="/romans/11-11.htm">Romans 11:11, 14</a>); parorgizo, "to make angry" (<a href="/ephesians/6-4.htm">Ephesians 6:4</a>; compare <a href="/colossians/3-21.htm">Colossians 3:21</a>); with parapikraino, "to embitter" (<a href="/hebrews/3-16.htm">Hebrews 3:16</a>; compare in 1Es 6:15), and other Greek words. "Provocation" in <a href="/hebrews/3-8.htm">Hebrews 3:8, 15</a> (quoting <a href="/psalms/95-8.htm">Psalm 95:8</a>) is parapikrasmos, the Septuagint for the Hebrew meribhah. An example of the good sense of the word is in <a href="/hebrews/10-24.htm">Hebrews 10:24</a>, "Consider one another to provoke (literally, "to the provoking," here paroxusmos) unto love and good works." For "provoke" the Revised Version (British and American) has "despise" (<a href="/numbers/14-11.htm">Numbers 14:11</a>; <a href="/numbers/31-20.htm">Numbers 31:20</a>), "rebel against" (<a href="/psalms/78-40.htm">Psalm 78:40</a>); for "provoked," "despised" (<a href="/numbers/14-23.htm">Numbers 14:23</a>; <a href="/numbers/16-30.htm">Numbers 16:30</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4</a>), "moved" (<a href="/deuteronomy/32-16.htm">Deuteronomy 32:16</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-1.htm">1 Chronicles 21:1</a>), "rebelled against" (<a href="/psalms/78-56.htm">Psalm 78:56</a>), "were rebellious" (106:33, 43); for "provoking" (<a href="/psalms/78-17.htm">Psalm 78:17</a>), "to rebel against"; for "provoked" (<a href="/2_corinthians/9-2.htm">2 Corinthians 9:2</a>), "stirred up"; "provoked within" for "stirred in" (<a href="/acts/17-16.htm">Acts 17:16</a>); "provoked" for "limited" (<a href="/psalms/78-41.htm">Psalm 78:41</a> margin, "limited"); "provoketh" for "emboldeneth" (<a href="/job/16-3.htm">Job 16:3</a>); instead of "Provoke not your children to anger" (<a href="/colossians/3-21.htm">Colossians 3:21</a>), "Provoke not your children." W. L. Walker<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/3863.htm">3863. parazeloo -- to provoke to jealousy</a> ... to provoke to jealousy. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: parazeloo Phonetic Spelling: (par-ad-zay-lo'-o) Short Definition: I make jealous Definition: I ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3863.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/3949.htm">3949. parorgizo -- to provoke to anger</a> ... to provoke to anger. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: parorgizo Phonetic Spelling: (par-org-id'-zo) Short Definition: I provoke to anger, exasperate ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3949.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/3893.htm">3893. parapikraino -- to embitter, provoke</a> ... to embitter, provoke. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: parapikraino Phonetic Spelling: (par-ap-ik-rah'-ee-no) Short Definition: I embitter, provoke ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3893.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/3947.htm">3947. paroxuno -- to sharpen, fig. to stimulate, to provoke</a> ... to stimulate, to provoke. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: paroxuno Phonetic Spelling: (par-ox-oo'-no) Short Definition: I provoke, irritate Definition: I ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3947.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/2042.htm">2042. erethizo -- to stir up</a> ... to stir up. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: erethizo Phonetic Spelling: (er-eth-id'-zo) Short Definition: I stir up, provoke Definition: I stir up, arouse ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2042.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/3710.htm">3710. orgizo -- to make angry</a> ... to make angry. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: orgizo Phonetic Spelling: (or-gid'-zo) Short Definition: I irritate, provoke, am angry Definition: I ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3710.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/4292.htm">4292. prokaleo -- to call forth, challenge</a> ... call forth, challenge. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: prokaleo Phonetic Spelling: (prok-al-eh'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I provoke, stimulate Definition ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4292.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/3948.htm">3948. paroxusmos -- stimulation, provocation</a> ... contention, provoke unto. From paroxuno ("paroxysm"); incitement (to good), or dispute (in anger) -- contention, provoke unto. see GREEK paroxuno. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3948.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/2373.htm">2373. thumoo -- to be very angry</a> ... to be very angry. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: thumoo Phonetic Spelling: (tho-mo'-o) Short Definition: I provoke to anger, am full of angry passion ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2373.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/653.htm">653. apostomatizo -- to catechize, ie to question</a> ... Word Origin from apo and stoma Definition to catechize, ie to question NASB Word Usage question...closely (1). provoke to speak, interrogate. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/653.htm - 6k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/3707.htm">3707. kaas -- to be vexed or angry</a> ... root Definition to be vexed or angry NASB Word Usage anger (3), angry (4), demoralized* (1), make me angry (1), provoke (5), provoke him to anger (2), provoke ... /hebrew/3707.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7264.htm">7264. ragaz -- to be agitated, quiver, quake, be excited ...</a> ... quake, be excited, perturbed NASB Word Usage come trembling (1), deeply moved (1), disturbed (2), enraged (1), excited (1), moved (1), provoke (1), quake (1 ... /hebrew/7264.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5006.htm">5006. naats -- to spurn, treat with contempt</a> ... spurned (8), spurns (1). abhor, give occasion to blaspheme, contemn, despise, flourish, great, provoke. A primitive root; to scorn ... /hebrew/5006.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7069.htm">7069. qanah -- to get, acquire</a> ... attain, buyer, teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possessor, purchase. A primitive root; to erect, ie Create; by extension ... /hebrew/7069.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7107.htm">7107. qatsaph -- to be angry</a> ... be angry, displease, fret self, provoke to wrath come, be wroth. A primitive root; to crack off, ie (figuratively) burst out in rage ... /hebrew/7107.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7065.htm">7065. qanah -- to be jealous or zealous</a> ... be envious, be move to, provoke to jealousy, very, be zealous. A primitive root; to be (causatively, make) zealous, ie (in a bad ... /hebrew/7065.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/1624.htm">1624. garah -- to stir up (strife), engage in strife</a> ... garah. 1625 . to stir up (strife), engage in strife. Transliteration: garah Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-raw') Short Definition: provoke. Word Origin a prim. ... /hebrew/1624.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5496.htm">5496. suth -- to incite, allure, instigate</a> ... persuaded (2), stirred (1). entice, move, persuade, provoke, remove, set on, stir up, take away. Perhaps denominative from shayith ... /hebrew/5496.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/4784.htm">4784. marah -- to be contentious or rebellious</a> ... A primitive root; to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke) -- bitter, change, be ... /hebrew/4784.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7265.htm">7265. regaz -- to enrage</a> ... provoke unto wrath. (Aramaic) corresponding to ragaz -- provoke unto wrath. see HEBREW ragaz. 7264, 7265. regaz. 7266 . Strong's Numbers. /hebrew/7265.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/arnold/the_christian_life/lecture_xxi_advent_sunday.htm">Advent Sunday.</a> ... ADVENT SUNDAY. ADVENT SUNDAY. * * * *. HEBREWS in.16. For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. ... /...//christianbookshelf.org/arnold/the christian life/lecture xxi advent sunday.htm<a href="/library/chrysostom/homilies_on_gal_eph_phi_col_thess_tim_titus_and_philemon/homily_xxi_ephesians_vi_3-jan.htm">Ephesians vi. 3-Jan</a> ... Ver.4. "And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath; but nurture them up in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.". He ... /.../homily xxi ephesians vi 3-jan.htm<a href="/library/chrysostom/homilies_on_gal_eph_phi_col_thess_tim_titus_and_philemon/homily_x_colossians_iii_18-25.htm">Colossians iii. 18-25</a> ... Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged. ... Ver.21. "Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.". Lo! ... /.../homily x colossians iii 18-25.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/a_kingdoms_epitaph.htm">A Kingdom's Epitaph</a> ... And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the Lord carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the Lord ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/a kingdoms epitaph.htm<a href="/library/anonymous/scottish_psalter_and_paraphrases/psalm_78.htm">Psalm 78</a> ... and not returns at all. ^40How often did they him provoke. within the wilderness! ... within their tents abide. ^56Yet God most high they did provoke,. ... /...//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/scottish psalter and paraphrases/psalm 78.htm<a href="/library/chrysostom/homilies_on_the_gospel_of_st_john_and_hebrews/homily_xix_hebrews_x_19-23.htm">Hebrews x. 19-23</a> ... Our [religion] [3155] needs faith. [3.] ( Ver.24, 25 ) "And" (he says) "let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works. ... /.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily xix hebrews x 19-23.htm<a href="/library/ignatius/the_third_epistle_of_ignatius_to_the_ephesians_/chapter_iv_i_write_to.htm">I Write to all the Churches, and Declare to all Men...</a> ... Provoke ye greatly [1164] the wild beasts, that they may be for me a grave, and may leave nothing of my body, in order that, when I have fallen asleep, I may ... /.../the third epistle of ignatius to the ephesians /chapter iv i write to.htm<a href="/library/various/constitutions_of_the_holy_apostles/sec_v_all_the_apostles_urge.htm">All the Apostles Urge the Observance of the Order of the Church.</a> ... which were never given them, and allowing themselves to bestow that authority in a tyrannical manner which they have not themselves, and thereby provoke God to ... /.../various/constitutions of the holy apostles/sec v all the apostles urge.htm<a href="/library/anonymous/the_cloud_of_unknowing/here_beginneth_the_three_and_2.htm">That in this Work a Soul is Cleansed Both of his Special Sins and ...</a> ... Nevertheless, it shall but little provoke thee, in comparison of this pain of thy special sins; and yet shalt thou not be without great travail. ... /.../anonymous/the cloud of unknowing/here beginneth the three and 2.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/the_record_of_two_kings.htm">The Record of Two Kings</a> ... For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger with ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/the record of two kings.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/p/provoke.htm">Provoke (64 Occurrences)</a> ... 2. (vi) To cause provocation or anger. 3. (vi) To appeal. [A Latinism]. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. PROVOCATION; PROVOKE. prov ... /p/provoke.htm - 31k<a href="/topical/p/provoking.htm">Provoking (29 Occurrences)</a> ... & vb. n.) of Provoke. 2. (a.) Having the power or quality of exciting resentment; tending to awaken passion or vexation; as, provoking words or treatment. ... /p/provoking.htm - 16k<a href="/topical/p/provocation.htm">Provocation (20 Occurrences)</a> ... 5. (n.) An appeal to a court. [A Latinism]. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. PROVOCATION; PROVOKE. prov-o-ka'-shun, pro-vok': "Provoke... /p/provocation.htm - 15k<a href="/topical/p/provoked.htm">Provoked (70 Occurrences)</a> ... (imp. & pp) of Provoke. ... I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people. I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. ... /p/provoked.htm - 28k<a href="/topical/j/jealous.htm">Jealous (43 Occurrences)</a> ... First Moses says, "I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, with a nation void of understanding I will make you angry." (Root in WEB KJV ... /j/jealous.htm - 20k<a href="/topical/v/vanities.htm">Vanities (14 Occurrences)</a> ... I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people. I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT). ... /v/vanities.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/e/exasperate.htm">Exasperate (2 Occurrences)</a> ... 1. (vt) To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to excite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a person or his feelings. ... /e/exasperate.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/e/emulation.htm">Emulation (5 Occurrences)</a> ... "If by any means I may provoke to emulation (the ... Romans 11:14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them. ... /e/emulation.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/e/enchantments.htm">Enchantments (12 Occurrences)</a> ... to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger. ... /e/enchantments.htm - 11k<a href="/topical/p/practiced.htm">Practiced (22 Occurrences)</a> ... to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger. ... /p/practiced.htm - 13k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/raising-children.html">What does the Bible say about raising children? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-panic-attacks.html">What does the Bible say about panic attacks? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/child-abuse.html">What does the Bible say about child abuse? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/provoke.htm">Provoke: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Provoke (64 Occurrences)<a href="/luke/11-53.htm">Luke 11:53</a> And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: (KJV ASV RSV)<a href="/romans/10-19.htm">Romans 10:19</a> But I ask, didn't Israel know? First Moses says, "I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, with a nation void of understanding I will make you angry." (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/romans/11-11.htm">Romans 11:11</a> I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)<a href="/romans/11-14.htm">Romans 11:14</a> if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them. (WEB KJV ASV DBY)<a href="/1_corinthians/10-22.htm">1 Corinthians 10:22</a> Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/ephesians/6-4.htm">Ephesians 6:4</a> You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/colossians/3-21.htm">Colossians 3:21</a> Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged. Paul's First Letter to Timothy (WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV)<a href="/hebrews/3-16.htm">Hebrews 3:16</a> For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. (KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/hebrews/10-24.htm">Hebrews 10:24</a> Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works, (WEB KJV ASV YLT)<a href="/exodus/23-21.htm">Exodus 23:21</a> Pay attention to him, and listen to his voice. Don't provoke him, for he will not pardon your disobedience, for my name is in him. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)<a href="/numbers/14-11.htm">Numbers 14:11</a> And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have showed among them? (KJV WBS)<a href="/deuteronomy/1-26.htm">Deuteronomy 1:26</a> And ye have not been willing to go up, and ye provoke the mouth of Jehovah your God, (YLT)<a href="/deuteronomy/1-43.htm">Deuteronomy 1:43</a> And I speak unto you, and ye have not hearkened, and provoke the mouth of Jehovah, and act proudly, and go up into the hill-country; (YLT)<a href="/deuteronomy/2-5.htm">Deuteronomy 2:5</a> don't contend with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/2-9.htm">Deuteronomy 2:9</a> Yahweh said to me, "Don't bother Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give you of his land for a possession; because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession." (See NAS NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/2-19.htm">Deuteronomy 2:19</a> and when you come near over against the children of Ammon, don't bother them, nor contend with them; for I will not give you of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession; because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession." (See NAS NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/4-25.htm">Deuteronomy 4:25</a> When you shall father children, and children's children, and you shall have been long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make an engraved image in the form of anything, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God, to provoke him to anger; (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/deuteronomy/9-18.htm">Deuteronomy 9:18</a> I fell down before Yahweh, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water; because of all your sin which you sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/deuteronomy/9-23.htm">Deuteronomy 9:23</a> and in Jehovah's sending you from Kadesh-Barnea, saying, Go up, and possess the land which I have given to you, then ye provoke the mouth of Jehovah your God, and have not given credence to Him, nor hearkened to His voice; (YLT)<a href="/deuteronomy/31-20.htm">Deuteronomy 31:20</a> For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant. (KJV WBS)<a href="/deuteronomy/31-29.htm">Deuteronomy 31:29</a> For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will happen to you in the latter days; because you will do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/32-16.htm">Deuteronomy 32:16</a> They moved him to jealousy with strange gods. They provoked him to anger with abominations. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/deuteronomy/32-21.htm">Deuteronomy 32:21</a> They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God. They have provoked me to anger with their vanities. I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people. I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/joshua/1-18.htm">Joshua 1:18</a> Any man who doth provoke thy mouth, and doth not hear thy words, in all that thou dost command him, is put to death; only, be strong and courageous.' (YLT)<a href="/judges/2-12.htm">Judges 2:12</a> and they forsook Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed themselves down to them: and they provoked Yahweh to anger. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/1-6.htm">1 Samuel 1:6</a> Her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Yahweh had shut up her womb. (Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/1_samuel/1-7.htm">1 Samuel 1:7</a> as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of Yahweh, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. (Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/12-14.htm">1 Samuel 12:14</a> If ye fear Jehovah, and have served Him, and hearkened to His voice, then ye do not provoke the mouth of Jehovah, and ye have been -- both ye and the king who hath reigned over you -- after Jehovah your God. (YLT)<a href="/1_kings/14-9.htm">1 Kings 14:9</a> but have done evil above all who were before you, and have gone and made you other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and have cast me behind your back: (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)<a href="/1_kings/16-2.htm">1 Kings 16:2</a> "Because I exalted you out of the dust, and made you prince over my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NIV)<a href="/1_kings/16-7.htm">1 Kings 16:7</a> Moreover by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of Yahweh against Baasha, and against his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck him. (WEB JPS ASV YLT)<a href="/1_kings/16-13.htm">1 Kings 16:13</a> for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned, and with which they made Israel to sin, to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities. (WEB JPS ASV YLT NIV)<a href="/1_kings/16-26.htm">1 Kings 16:26</a> For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sins with which he made Israel to sin, to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NIV)<a href="/1_kings/16-33.htm">1 Kings 16:33</a> Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did yet more to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_kings/14-10.htm">2 Kings 14:10</a> You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Enjoy the glory of it, and stay at home; for why should you meddle to your harm, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?" (See NAS RSV)<a href="/2_kings/17-11.htm">2 Kings 17:11</a> and there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the nations whom Yahweh carried away before them; and they worked wicked things to provoke Yahweh to anger; (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)<a href="/2_kings/17-17.htm">2 Kings 17:17</a> They caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/2_kings/21-6.htm">2 Kings 21:6</a> He made his son to pass through the fire, and practiced sorcery, and used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he worked much evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/2_kings/22-17.htm">2 Kings 22:17</a> Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.'" (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_kings/23-19.htm">2 Kings 23:19</a> All the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke Yahweh to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)<a href="/2_kings/23-26.htm">2 Kings 23:26</a> Notwithstanding, Yahweh didn't turn from the fierceness of his great wrath, with which his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocation with which Manasseh had provoked him. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/25-19.htm">2 Chronicles 25:19</a> You say, Behold, you have struck Edom; and your heart lifts you up to boast: abide now at home; why should you meddle to your hurt, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you? (See NAS RSV)<a href="/2_chronicles/33-6.htm">2 Chronicles 33:6</a> He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he practiced sorcery, and used enchantments, and practiced sorcery, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he worked much evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/2_chronicles/34-25.htm">2 Chronicles 34:25</a> Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore is my wrath poured out on this place, and it shall not be quenched. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/job/12-6.htm">Job 12:6</a> The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their God in their hands. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/78-17.htm">Psalms 78:17</a> And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place. (YLT)<a href="/psalms/78-40.htm">Psalms 78:40</a> How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! (KJV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/psalms/78-56.htm">Psalms 78:56</a> Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: (Root in KJV JPS DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/psalms/106-7.htm">Psalms 106:7</a> Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea. (Root in KJV WBS YLT)<a href="/psalms/106-29.htm">Psalms 106:29</a> Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/3-8.htm">Isaiah 3:8</a> For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against Yahweh, to provoke the eyes of his glory. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/isaiah/65-3.htm">Isaiah 65:3</a> a people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense on bricks; (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/7-18.htm">Jeremiah 7:18</a> The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/7-19.htm">Jeremiah 7:19</a> Do they provoke me to anger? says Yahweh; do they not provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces? (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)<a href="/jeremiah/11-17.htm">Jeremiah 11:17</a> For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal. (KJV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/25-6.htm">Jeremiah 25:6</a> and don't go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and don't provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no harm. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/25-7.htm">Jeremiah 25:7</a> Yet you have not listened to me, says Yahweh; that you may provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/32-29.htm">Jeremiah 32:29</a> and the Chaldeans, who fight against this city, shall come and set this city on fire, and burn it, with the houses, on whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal, and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/32-30.htm">Jeremiah 32:30</a> For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done only that which was evil in my sight from their youth; for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, says Yahweh. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/32-32.htm">Jeremiah 32:32</a> because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/44-3.htm">Jeremiah 44:3</a> because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, that they didn't know, neither they, nor you, nor your fathers. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/44-8.htm">Jeremiah 44:8</a> in that you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to sojourn; that you may be cut off, and that you may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/8-17.htm">Ezekiel 8:17</a> Then he said to me, Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have turned again to provoke me to anger: and behold, they put the branch to their nose. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/16-26.htm">Ezekiel 16:26</a> You have also committed sexual immorality with the Egyptians, your neighbors, great of flesh; and have multiplied your prostitution, to provoke me to anger. 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