Exodus 17:2

Bible in Basic English 1965

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?

Cross References

Psalm 106:13

But their memory of his works was short; not waiting to be guided by him,

Psalm 106:14

They gave way to their evil desires in the waste land, and put God to the test in the dry places.

Psalm 78:18

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

Psalm 78:41

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

Psalm 78:56

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

Psalm 95:8

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

Psalm 95:9

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

Exodus 15:24

And the people, crying out against Moses, said, What are we to have for drink?

Exodus 16:8

And Moses said, The Lord will give you meat for your food at evening, and in the morning bread in full measure; for your outcry against the Lord has come to his ears: for what are we? your outcry is not against us but against the Lord.

Exodus 17:7

And he gave that place the name Massah and Meribah, because the children of Israel were angry, and because they put the Lord to the test, saying, Is the Lord with us or not?

Exodus 5:21

And they said to them, May the Lord take note of you and be your judge; for you have given Pharaoh and his servants a bad opinion of us, putting a sword in their hands for our destruction.

Isaiah 7:12

But Ahaz said, I will not put the Lord to the test by making such a request.

Malachi 3:15

And now to us the men of pride seem happy; yes, the evil-doers are doing well; they put God to the test and are safe.

Numbers 14:2

And all the children of Israel, crying out against Moses and Aaron, said, If only we had come to our death in the land of Egypt, or even in this waste land!

Numbers 14:22

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;

Numbers 21:5

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.

Matthew 4:7

Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

Luke 15:12

And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me that part of your property which will be mine. And he made division of his goods between them.

Luke 4:12

And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

Acts 15:10

Why then are you testing God, by putting on the neck of the disciples a yoke so hard that not even our fathers or we were strong enough for it?

Acts 5:9

But Peter said to her, Why have you made an agreement together to be false to the Spirit of the Lord? See, the feet of the young men who have put the body of your husband in the earth, are at the door, and they will take you out.

1 Corinthians 10:9

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

Deuteronomy 6:16

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

Deuteronomy 9:22

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

Hebrews 3:9

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

1 Samuel 8:6

But Samuel was not pleased when they said to him, Give us a king to be our judge. And Samuel made prayer to the Lord.