Psalms 78:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And they went on sinning against him even more, turning away from the Most High in the waste land;

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  • Isa 63:10 : 10 But they went against him, causing grief to his holy spirit: so he was turned against them, and made war on them.
  • Heb 3:16-19 : 16 Who made him angry when his voice came to them? was it not all those who came out of Egypt with Moses? 17 And with whom was he angry for forty years? was it not with those who did evil, who came to their deaths in the waste land? 18 And to whom did he make an oath that they might not come into his rest? was it not to those who went against his orders? 19 So we see that they were not able to go in because they had no belief.
  • Deut 9:8 : 8 Again in Horeb you made the Lord angry, and in his wrath he would have put an end to you.
  • Deut 9:12-22 : 12 And the Lord said to me, Get up now, and go down quickly from this place; for the people you have taken out of Egypt have given themselves over to evil; they have quickly been turned from the way in which I gave them orders to go; they have made themselves a metal image. 13 And then the Lord said to me, I have seen that this people is stiff-necked: 14 Let me send destruction on them till their very name is cut off; and I will make of you a nation greater and stronger than they. 15 So turning round I came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire; and the two stones of the agreement were in my hands. 16 And I saw that you had done evil against the Lord, and had made for yourselves a metal image of a young ox: you had quickly been turned from the way in which the Lord had given you orders to go. 17 And I let the stones go from my hands, and they were broken before your eyes. 18 And I went down on my face before the Lord, as at the first, for forty days and forty nights, without taking food or drinking water, because of all your sin, in doing evil in the eyes of the Lord and moving him to wrath. 19 For I was full of fear because of the wrath of the Lord which was burning against you, with your destruction in view. But again the Lord's ear was open to my prayer. 20 And the Lord, in his wrath, would have put Aaron to death: and I made prayer for Aaron at the same time. 21 And I took your sin, the image which you had made, and put it in the fire and had it hammered and crushed very small till it was only dust: and the dust I put in the stream flowing down from the mountain. 22 Again at Taberah and at Massah and at Kibroth-hattaavah you made the Lord angry.
  • Ps 78:32 : 32 For all this they went on sinning even more, and had no faith in his great wonders.
  • Ps 95:8-9 : 8 Let not your hearts be hard, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the waste land; 9 When your fathers put me to the test and saw my power and my work. 10 For forty years I was angry with this generation, and said, They are a people whose hearts are turned away from me, for they have no knowledge of my ways;
  • Ps 106:13-32 : 13 But their memory of his works was short; not waiting to be guided by him, 14 They gave way to their evil desires in the waste land, and put God to the test in the dry places. 15 And he gave them their request, but sent a wasting disease into their souls. 16 They were full of envy against Moses among the tents, and against Aaron, the holy one of the Lord. 17 The earth opening put an end to Dathan, covering up Abiram and his band. 18 And a fire was lighted among their tents; the sinners were burned up by the flames. 19 They made a young ox in Horeb, and gave worship to an image of gold. 20 And their glory was changed into the image of an ox, whose food is grass. 21 They had no memory of God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt; 22 Works of wonder in the land of Ham, and things of fear by the Red Sea. 23 And he was purposing to put an end to them if Moses, his special servant, had not gone up before him, between him and his people, turning back his wrath, to keep them from destruction. 24 They were disgusted with the good land; they had no belief in his word; 25 Talking against him secretly in their tents, they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord. 26 So he made an oath against them, to put an end to them in the waste land: 27 That their children might be mixed among the nations, and sent away into other lands. 28 And they were joined to Baal-peor, and took part in the offerings to the dead. 29 So they made him angry by their behaviour; and he sent disease on them. 30 Then Phinehas got up, and made prayer for them; and the disease went no farther. 31 And all the generations coming after him kept the memory of his righteousness for ever. 32 They made God angry again at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled because of them;

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    40 How frequently did they go against him in the waste land, and give him cause for grief in the dry places!

    41 Again they put God to the test, and gave pain to the Holy One of Israel.

  • Ps 78:56
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    56 But they were bitter against the Most High God, testing him, and not keeping his laws;

  • Ps 78:18-20
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    18 Testing God in their hearts, requesting meat for their desire.

    19 They said bitter words against God, saying, Is God able to make ready a table in the waste land?

    20 See, the rock was cut open by his power, so that the water came rushing out, and overflowing streams; is he able to give us bread? is he able to get meat for his people?

  • Ps 106:14
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    14 They gave way to their evil desires in the waste land, and put God to the test in the dry places.

  • Ps 78:30-32
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    30 But they were not turned from their desires; and while the food was still in their mouths,

    31 The wrath of God came on them, and put to death the fattest of them, and put an end to the young men of Israel.

    32 For all this they went on sinning even more, and had no faith in his great wonders.

  • Ps 78:15-16
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    15 The rocks of the waste land were broken by his power, and he gave them drink as out of the deep waters.

    16 He made streams come out of the rock; and waters came flowing down like rivers.

  • Ps 78:58
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    58 They made him angry with their high places; moving him to wrath with their images.

  • Heb 3:16-17
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    16 Who made him angry when his voice came to them? was it not all those who came out of Egypt with Moses?

    17 And with whom was he angry for forty years? was it not with those who did evil, who came to their deaths in the waste land?

  • Neh 9:18
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    18 Even when they had made for themselves an ox of metal, and said, This is your God who took you up out of Egypt, and had done so much to make you angry;

  • Deut 9:22
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    22 Again at Taberah and at Massah and at Kibroth-hattaavah you made the Lord angry.

  • Neh 9:26
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    26 But they were hard-hearted, and went against your authority, turning their backs on your law, and putting to death your prophets, who gave witness against them with the purpose of turning them back again to you, and they did much to make you angry.

  • Ps 107:11
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    11 Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High:

  • Ps 106:32-33
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    32 They made God angry again at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled because of them;

    33 For they made his spirit bitter, and he said unwise things.

  • Ps 106:24-26
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    24 They were disgusted with the good land; they had no belief in his word;

    25 Talking against him secretly in their tents, they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord.

    26 So he made an oath against them, to put an end to them in the waste land:

  • Ps 106:29
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    29 So they made him angry by their behaviour; and he sent disease on them.

  • Deut 9:7-8
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    7 Keep well in mind how you made the Lord your God angry in the waste land; from the day when you went out of Egypt till you came to this place, you have gone against the orders of the Lord.

    8 Again in Horeb you made the Lord angry, and in his wrath he would have put an end to you.

  • Deut 32:16
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    16 The honour which was his they gave to strange gods; by their disgusting ways he was moved to wrath.

  • Neh 9:16
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    16 But they and our fathers, in their pride, made their necks stiff, and gave no attention to your orders,

  • Heb 3:8-10
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    8 Be not hard of heart, as when you made me angry, on the day of testing in the waste land,

    9 When your fathers put me to the test, and saw my works for forty years.

    10 So that I was angry with this generation, and I said, Their hearts are in error at all times, and they have no knowledge of my ways;

  • 2 Kgs 17:11
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    11 Burning their offerings in all the high places, as those nations did whom the Lord sent away from before them; they did evil things, moving the Lord to wrath;

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    43 Again and again he made them free; but their hearts were turned against his purpose, and they were overcome by their sins.

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    14 Because in the waste land of Zin, when the people were angry, you and he went against my word and did not keep my name holy before their eyes, at the waters. (These are the waters of Meribah in Kadesh in the waste land of Zin.)

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    5 But with most of them God was not pleased: for they came to their end in the waste land.

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    10 They were not ruled by God's word, and they would not go in the way of his law;

    11 They let his works go out of their memory, and the wonders which he had made them see.

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    2 And all the children of Israel were crying out against Moses and Aaron in the waste land:

  • Hos 4:7
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    7 Even while they were increasing in number they were sinning against me; I will let their glory be changed into shame.

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    22 Because all these men, having seen my glory and the signs which I have done in Egypt and in the waste land, still have put me to the test ten times, and have not given ear to my voice;

  • Num 14:40
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    40 And early in the morning they got up and went to the top of the mountain, saying, We are here and we will go up to the place which the Lord said he would give us: for we have done wrong.

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    2 So the people were angry with Moses, and said, Give us water for drinking. And Moses said, Why are you angry with me? and why do you put God to the test?

    3 And the people were in great need of water; and they made an outcry against Moses, and said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to send death on us and our children and our cattle through need of water?

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    8 Let not your hearts be hard, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the waste land;

    9 When your fathers put me to the test and saw my power and my work.

  • Acts 13:18
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    18 And for about forty years he put up with their ways in the waste land.

  • 1 Kgs 14:22
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    22 And Judah did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and made him more angry than their fathers had done by their sins.

  • Num 14:11
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    11 And the Lord said to Moses, How long will this people have no respect for me? how long will they be without faith, in the face of all the signs I have done among them?

  • Deut 1:26
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    26 But going against the order of the Lord your God, you would not go up: