Psalms 78:40

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Eph 4:30 : 30 And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation.
  • 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;
  • 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.
  • Ps 106:14-33 : 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; 33 For they made his spirit bitter, and he said unwise things.
  • Ps 107:11 : 11 Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High:
  • Isa 7:13 : 13 And he said, Give ear now, O family of David: is it not enough that you are driving men to disgust? will you do the same to my God?
  • Heb 3:15-17 : 15 As it is said, Today if you will let his voice come to your ears, be not hard of heart, as when you made him angry. 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?
  • Num 14:11 : 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 9:21-22 : 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 78:17 : 17 And they went on sinning against him even more, turning away from the Most High in the waste land;

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  • Ps 78:17-20
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    17 And they went on sinning against him even more, turning away from the Most High in the waste land;

    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 78:41-42
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    41 Again they put God to the test, and gave pain to the Holy One of Israel.

    42 They did not keep in mind the work of his hand, or the day when he took them from the power of their haters;

  • 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?

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

  • Heb 3:8-11
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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;

    11 And being angry I made an oath, saying, They may not come into my rest.

  • Ps 106:43-44
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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.

    44 But when their cry came to his ears, he had pity on their trouble:

  • Ps 78:38-39
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    38 But he, being full of pity, has forgiveness for sin, and does not put an end to man: frequently turning back his wrath, and not being violently angry.

    39 So he kept in mind that they were only flesh; a breath which is quickly gone, and will not come again.

  • Ps 95:8-10
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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.

    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;

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

  • 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?

  • 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.

  • Isa 63:10
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    10 But they went against him, causing grief to his holy spirit: so he was turned against them, and made war on them.

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

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

  • Neh 9:18
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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;

  • 1 Cor 10:5
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    5 But with most of them God was not pleased: for they came to their end in the waste land.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Num 14:22
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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;

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

  • Ps 78:34
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    34 When he sent death on them, then they made search for him; turning to him and looking for him with care;

  • 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 78:11
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    11 They let his works go out of their memory, and the wonders which he had made them see.

  • 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:

  • 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.

  • Jer 2:6
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    6 And they never said, Where is the Lord, who took us up out of the land of Egypt; who was our guide through the waste of sand, through an unplanted land full of deep holes, through a dry land of deep shade, which no one went through and where no man was living?

  • 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,

  • Exod 16:2
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    2 And all the children of Israel were crying out against Moses and Aaron in the waste land:

  • Exod 17:2-3
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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?

  • Num 32:13
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    13 Then the Lord was angry with Israel, and he made them wanderers in the waste land for forty years? till all that generation who had done evil in the eyes of the Lord was dead.