They said to Moses and Aaron, "The LORD has seen what you have done and will punish you for making the king and his officers hate us. You have given them an excuse to kill us."

They said to Moses, "Weren't there any graves in Egypt? Did you have to bring us out here in the desert to die? Look what you have done by bringing us out of Egypt!

Didn't we tell you before we left that this would happen? We told you to leave us alone and let us go on being slaves of the Egyptians. It would be better to be slaves there than to die here in the desert."

The people complained to Moses and asked, "What are we going to drink?"

There in the desert they all complained to Moses and Aaron

and said to them, "We wish that the LORD had killed us in Egypt. There we could at least sit down and eat meat and as much other food as we wanted. But you have brought us out into this desert to starve us all to death."

There were foreigners traveling with the Israelites. They had a strong craving for meat, and even the Israelites themselves began to complain: "If only we could have some meat!

But now our strength is gone. There is nothing at all to eat---nothing but this manna day after day!"

They complained against Moses and Aaron, and said, "It would have been better to die in Egypt or even here in the wilderness!

and complained: "It would have been better if we had died in front of the LORD's Tent along with the other Israelites.

Why did you bring us out of Egypt into this miserable place where nothing will grow? There's no grain, no figs, no grapes, no pomegranates. There is not even any water to drink!"

and spoke against God and Moses. They complained, "Why did you bring us out of Egypt to die in this desert, where there is no food or water? We can't stand any more of this miserable food!"

But Rachel had not borne Jacob any children, and so she became jealous of her sister and said to Jacob, "Give me children, or I will die."

Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, "I can't take the place of God. He is the one who keeps you from having children."

Samuel was displeased with their request for a king; so he prayed to the LORD,

The younger one said to him, 'Father, give me my share of the property now.' So the man divided his property between his two sons.

The place was named Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites complained and put the LORD to the test when they asked, "Is the LORD with us or not?"

There in the desert they all complained to Moses and Aaron

none of these people will live to enter that land. They have seen the dazzling light of my presence and the miracles that I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, but they have tried my patience over and over again and have refused to obey me.

"Do not put the LORD your God to the test, as you did at Massah.

They deliberately put God to the test by demanding the food they wanted.

Again and again they put God to the test and brought pain to the Holy God of Israel.

But they rebelled against Almighty God and put him to the test. They did not obey his commandments,

There they put me to the test and tried me, although they had seen what I did for them.

They were filled with craving in the desert and put God to the test;

Ahaz answered, "I will not ask for a sign. I refuse to put the LORD to the test."

As we see it, proud people are the ones who are happy. Evil people not only prosper, but they test God's patience with their evil deeds and get away with it.' "

Jesus answered, "But the scripture also says, 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.' "

Some Pharisees and Sadducees who came to Jesus wanted to trap him, so they asked him to perform a miracle for them, to show that God approved of him.

And early in the morning you say, 'It is going to rain, because the sky is red and dark.' You can predict the weather by looking at the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs concerning these times!

But Jesus answered, "The scripture says, 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.' "

So Peter said to her, "Why did you and your husband decide to put the Lord's Spirit to the test? The men who buried your husband are at the door right now, and they will carry you out too!"

So then, why do you now want to put God to the test by laying a load on the backs of the believers which neither our ancestors nor we ourselves were able to carry?

We must not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did---and they were killed by snakes.

There they put me to the test and tried me, says God, although they had seen what I did for forty years.