Exodus 17:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?

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  • Deut 6:16 : 16 You shall not tempt the LORD your God, as you tempted him in Massah.
  • Ps 78:41 : 41 Yes, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 7:12 : 12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I test the LORD.
  • Matt 4:7 : 7 Jesus said to him, It is written again, You shall not tempt the Lord your God.
  • 1 Cor 10:9 : 9 Do not tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by snakes.
  • Ps 78:18 : 18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their desire.
  • Heb 3:9 : 9 When your fathers tested Me, proved Me, and saw My works forty years.
  • Ps 95:9 : 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
  • Ps 106:14 : 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
  • Mal 3:15 : 15 And now we call the proud blessed; yes, those who do wickedness are raised up; yes, those who test God go free.
  • Ps 78:56 : 56 Yet they tempted and provoked the Most High God, and did not keep his testimonies:
  • Exod 17:7 : 7 And he named the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the children of Israel, and because they tested the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
  • Num 14:22 : 22 Because all those men who have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;
  • Num 20:2-5 : 2 And there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron. 3 And the people argued with Moses and spoke, saying, "Would God that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD! 4 And why have you brought the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness so that we and our livestock should die here? 5 And why have you made us come up out of Egypt to bring us to this evil place? It is not a place of grain, or figs, or vines, or pomegranates; nor is there any water to drink."
  • Num 21:5 : 5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loathes this light bread.
  • Acts 5:9 : 9 Then Peter said to her, How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.
  • Acts 15:10 : 10 Now therefore why do you test God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
  • Luke 4:12 : 12 And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, You shall not tempt the Lord your God.
  • Luke 15:12 : 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me. And he divided to them his livelihood.
  • Exod 14:11-12 : 11 And they said to Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? why have you dealt with us in this way, to bring us out of Egypt? 12 Is not this the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than to die in the wilderness.
  • Exod 15:24 : 24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
  • Exod 16:2-3 : 2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. 3 And the children of Israel said to them, If only we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, and when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
  • Gen 30:1-2 : 1 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister and said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I die." 2 Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"
  • Exod 5:21 : 21 And they said to them, The Lord look upon you and judge; because you have made our odor to be loathed in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us.
  • Num 11:4-6 : 4 And the mixed multitude that was among them fell to lusting, and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us meat to eat? 5 We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic: 6 But now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all, besides this manna, before our eyes.
  • Num 14:2 : 2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness!
  • 1 Sam 8:6 : 6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to the LORD.
  • Matt 16:1-3 : 1 The Pharisees and the Sadducees came and, testing Him, asked Him to show them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered and said to them, When it is evening you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red. 3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening. O you hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 17:3-7
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    90%

    3And the people were thirsty there for water; and the people grumbled against Moses, and said, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

    4And Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.

    5And the LORD said to Moses, Go ahead of the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel; and your rod, with which you struck the river, take in your hand, and go.

    6Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

    7And he named the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the children of Israel, and because they tested the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

  • Exod 15:22-25
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    22So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness and found no water.

    23And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

    24And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

    25And he cried to the LORD; and the LORD showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he tested them,

  • Num 20:2-5
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    81%

    2And there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron.

    3And the people argued with Moses and spoke, saying, "Would God that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!

    4And why have you brought the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness so that we and our livestock should die here?

    5And why have you made us come up out of Egypt to bring us to this evil place? It is not a place of grain, or figs, or vines, or pomegranates; nor is there any water to drink."

  • Exod 17:1
    80%

    1And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, following their travels, according to the commandment of the LORD, and camped in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

  • Num 20:10-13
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    10And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said to them, "Hear now, you rebels; must we bring water for you out of this rock?"

    11Then Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod, and water came out abundantly; and the congregation and their livestock drank.

    12And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not believe Me, to sanctify Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them."

    13This is the water of Meribah, because the children of Israel contended with the LORD, and He was sanctified among them.

  • Num 21:5
    78%

    5And the people spoke against God and against Moses, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loathes this light bread.

  • Num 27:14-15
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    14For you rebelled against my command in the desert of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: this is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.

    15And Moses spoke to the LORD, saying,

  • Exod 16:2-3
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    2And the whole congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.

    3And the children of Israel said to them, If only we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, and when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

  • Num 14:11
    76%

    11And the LORD said to Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be before they believe me, for all the signs which I have shown among them?

  • Num 14:2
    76%

    2And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness!

  • Ps 106:32
    76%

    32They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went badly with Moses for their sakes;

  • Exod 32:11-12
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    11Moses entreated the LORD his God, and said, "LORD, why does Your wrath burn hot against Your people, whom You have brought forth from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

    12Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, 'He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth'? Turn from Your fierce wrath, and relent from this evil against Your people.

  • Exod 14:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11And they said to Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? why have you dealt with us in this way, to bring us out of Egypt?

    12Is not this the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than to die in the wilderness.

  • Deut 1:27
    75%

    27And you murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

  • Num 21:16
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    16And from there they went to Beer: that is the well of which the LORD spoke to Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.

  • Num 20:7-8
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    7And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    8"Take the rod, and gather the assembly together, you and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their livestock."

  • Num 14:26-27
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    26And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

    27How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmurs against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.

  • Exod 14:15
    74%

    15And the LORD said to Moses, Why do you cry to me? speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward:

  • Exod 16:8
    73%

    8And Moses said, This shall be when the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening and bread to the full in the morning; for the LORD hears your complaints which you make against him: and what are we? Your complaints are not against us, but against the LORD.

  • Exod 5:22
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    22And Moses returned to the Lord and said, Lord, why have you mistreated this people? Why is it that you have sent me?

  • Deut 9:22
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    22And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, you provoked the LORD to wrath.

  • Num 16:13
    72%

    13Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land that flows with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, unless you make yourself altogether a prince over us?

  • Num 16:41
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    41But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have killed the people of the LORD.

  • Deut 8:15
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    15Who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought you water out of the rock of flint;

  • Num 11:10-11
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    10Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent, and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.

    11And Moses said to the LORD, Why have You afflicted Your servant? and why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You lay the burden of all this people upon me?

  • Ps 78:20
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    20Behold, he struck the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

  • Heb 3:17
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    17But with whom was He grieved forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

  • Num 14:41
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    41And Moses said, Why now do you transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.

  • Ps 78:40
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    40How often did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

  • Exod 7:24
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    24And all the Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.