Words of Wisdom
And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. Deuteronomy 32:19
For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger. 1 Kings 14:15
And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him. 1 Kings 16:7
For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. 1 Kings 16:13
And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness. Psalm 78:17
Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. Galatians 5:26
