Cross-referencesExplore similar Bible verses on 1 Corinthians 10:9 in English Standard Version "We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents," Ex 17:2 Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?”Ex 17:7 And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the LORD by saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”Nu 21:5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food.”Nu 21:6 Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.