Psalms 78:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Testing God in their hearts, requesting meat for their desire.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 11:4 : 4 And the mixed band of people who went with them were overcome by desire: and the children of Israel, weeping again, said, Who will give us flesh for our food?
  • 1 Cor 10:9 : 9 And let us not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did, and came to their death by snakes.
  • Jas 4:2-3 : 2 You are burning with desire, and have not your desire, so you put men to death; you are full of envy, and you are not able to get your desire, so you are fighting and making war; you have not your desire, because you do not make request for it. 3 You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring the thing only so that you may make use of it for your pleasure.
  • Exod 16:2-3 : 2 And all the children of Israel were crying out against Moses and Aaron in the waste land: 3 And the children of Israel said to them, It would have been better for the Lord to have put us to death in the land of Egypt, where we were seated by the flesh-pots and had bread enough for our needs; for you have taken us out to this waste of sand, to put all this people to death through need of food.
  • Deut 6:16 : 16 Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did in Massah.
  • Ps 95:9 : 9 When your fathers put me to the test and saw my power and my work.
  • Ps 106:14-15 : 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.
  • 1 Cor 10:6 : 6 Now these things were for an example to us, so that our hearts might not go after evil things, as they did.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 78:28-32
    5 verses
    83%

    28 And he let it come down into their resting-place, round about their tents.

    29 So they had food and were full; for he gave them their desire;

    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 106:14-15
    2 verses
    82%

    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.

  • Ps 78:17
    81%

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

  • Ps 78:19-20
    2 verses
    81%

    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 78:40-41
    2 verses
    78%

    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
    77%

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

  • Heb 3:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Num 11:4
    73%

    4 And the mixed band of people who went with them were overcome by desire: and the children of Israel, weeping again, said, Who will give us flesh for our food?

  • Ps 95:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Ps 105:40
    72%

    40 At the people's request he sent birds, and gave them the bread of heaven for food.

  • Ps 78:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24 And he sent down manna like rain for their food, and gave them the grain of heaven.

    25 Man took part in the food of strong ones; he sent them meat in full measure.

  • Ps 107:18
    72%

    18 They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death.

  • Deut 6:16
    71%

    16 Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did in Massah.

  • Neh 9:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15 And you gave them bread from heaven when they were in need, and made water come out of the rock for their drink, and gave them orders to go in and take for their heritage the land which your hand had been lifted up to give them.

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

  • Ps 107:5
    71%

    5 Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.

  • Num 21:5
    71%

    5 And crying out against God and against Moses, they said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to come to our death in the waste land? For there is no bread and no water, and this poor bread is disgusting to us.

  • Neh 9:18
    71%

    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;

  • Ps 106:29
    71%

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

  • Exod 16:3
    71%

    3 And the children of Israel said to them, It would have been better for the Lord to have put us to death in the land of Egypt, where we were seated by the flesh-pots and had bread enough for our needs; for you have taken us out to this waste of sand, to put all this people to death through need of food.

  • Ps 78:34
    71%

    34 When he sent death on them, then they made search for him; turning to him and looking for him with care;

  • Hos 13:6
    70%

    6 When I gave them food they were full, and their hearts were full of pride, and they did not keep me in mind.

  • Ps 106:24-25
    2 verses
    70%

    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.

  • Exod 17:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    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?

  • Hos 4:8
    70%

    8 The sin of my people is like food to them; and their desire is for their wrongdoing.

  • 1 Cor 10:9
    70%

    9 And let us not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did, and came to their death by snakes.

  • Ps 78:58
    70%

    58 They made him angry with their high places; moving him to wrath with their images.

  • Num 11:18
    70%

    18 And say to the people, Make yourselves clean before tomorrow and you will have flesh for your food: for in the ears of the Lord you have been weeping and saying, Who will give us flesh for food? for we were well off in Egypt: and so the Lord will give you flesh, and it will be your food;

  • Deut 8:16
    70%

    16 Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;

  • Heb 3:17
    69%

    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?

  • Num 11:33-34
    2 verses
    69%

    33 But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was tasted, the wrath of the Lord was moved against the people and he sent a great outburst of disease on them.

    34 So that place was named Kibroth-hattaavah; because there they put in the earth the bodies of the people who had given way to their desires.

  • Deut 9:22
    69%

    22 Again at Taberah and at Massah and at Kibroth-hattaavah you made the Lord angry.

  • Isa 8:21
    69%

    21 And he will go through the land in bitter trouble and in need of food; and when he is unable to get food, he will become angry, cursing his king and his God, and his eyes will be turned to heaven on high;

  • Deut 32:16
    69%

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

  • 1 Cor 10:6
    69%

    6 Now these things were for an example to us, so that our hearts might not go after evil things, as they did.

  • Num 11:22
    69%

    22 Are flocks and herds to be put to death for them? or are all the fish in the sea to be got together so that they may be full?

  • Num 14:22
    69%

    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;