Murmuring: Against God
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Exodus 5:22, 23
So Moses returned to the LORD and asked, “Lord, why have You brought trouble upon this people? Is this why You sent me? / Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and You have not delivered Your people in any way.”
Exodus 16:8, 12
And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.” / “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”
Numbers 14:26–37
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, / “How long will this wicked congregation grumble against Me? I have heard the complaints that the Israelites are making against Me. / So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say.
Numbers 17:10, 11
The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.” / So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him.
Job 15:11–13
Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you? / Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash, / as you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
Job 33:12, 13
Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man. / Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?
Job 34:37
For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”
Psalm 37:1
Of David. Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
Psalm 44:9–26
But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies. / You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us. / You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
Psalm 73:13–22
Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands. / For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning. / If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
Psalm 78:17–21
But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High. / They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved. / They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?
Proverbs 19:3
A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.
Ecclesiastes 7:10
Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
Jeremiah 15:10
Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.
Lamentations 3:39
Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?
Malachi 3:14
You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?
Luke 10:40
But Martha was distracted by all the preparations to be made. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her to help me!”
Romans 9:19, 20
One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?” / But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
1 Corinthians 10:10
And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
Philippians 2:14
Do everything without complaining or arguing,
James 5:9
Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!
Jude 1:16
These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.