Exodus 17:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The people started complaining to Moses, “Give us some water!” Moses replied, “Why are you complaining to me and trying to put the LORD to the test?”

Cross References

1 Corinthians 10:9

And don't try to test Christ, as some of them did and were later bitten by poisonous snakes.

Psalm 78:41

They kept testing him and caused terrible pain for the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 78:18

They stubbornly tested God and demanded from him what they wanted to eat.

Deuteronomy 6:16

so don't try to make him prove that he can help you, as you did at Massah.

Hebrews 3:9

For forty years your ancestors tested God and saw the things he did. “Then God got tired of them and said, ‘You people never show good sense, and you don't understand what I want you to do.’

Isaiah 7:12

“No, LORD,” Ahaz answered. “I won't test you!”

Matthew 4:7

Jesus answered, “The Scriptures also say, ‘Don't try to test the Lord your God!’ ”

Psalm 95:9

For forty years they tested God and saw the things he did.

Numbers 21:5

that they complained against God and said to Moses, “Did you bring us out of Egypt, just to let us die in the desert? There's no water out here, and we can't stand this awful food!”

Acts 15:10

Now why are you trying to make God angry by placing a heavy burden on these followers? This burden was too heavy for us or our ancestors.

Acts 5:9

Then Peter said, “Why did the two of you agree to test the Lord's Spirit? The men who buried Ananias are by the door, and they will carry you out!”

Luke 4:12

Jesus answered, “The Scriptures also say, ‘Don't try to test the Lord your God!’ ”

Malachi 3:15

See how happy those arrogant people are. Everyone who does wrong is successful, and when they put God to the test, they always get away with it.”

Psalm 106:14

They became greedy for food and tested you there in the desert.

Psalm 78:56

But the people tested God Most High, and they refused to obey his laws.

Numbers 14:22

I swear that not one of these Israelites will enter the land I promised to give their ancestors. These people have seen my power in Egypt and in the desert, but they will never see Canaan. They have disobeyed and tested me too many times.

Exodus 17:7

The people had complained and tested the LORD by asking, “Is the LORD really with us?” So Moses named that place Massah, which means “testing” and Meribah, which means “complaining”.

Luke 15:12

The younger son said to his father, “Give me my share of the property.” So the father divided his property between his two sons.

Exodus 15:24

The people complained and said, “Moses, what are we going to drink?”

1 Samuel 8:6

Samuel was upset to hear the leaders say they wanted a king, so he prayed about it.

Numbers 14:2

and complained to Moses and Aaron, “We wish we had died in Egypt or somewhere out here in the desert!

Exodus 5:21

Then the men said, “We hope the LORD will punish both of you for making the king and his officials hate us. Now they even have an excuse to kill us.”

Exodus 16:8

Then Moses continued, “You will know it is the LORD when he gives you meat each evening and more than enough bread each morning. He is really the one you are complaining about, not us—we are nobodies—but the LORD has heard your complaints.”

Psalm 95:8

Don't be stubborn and rebel as your ancestors did at Meribah and Massah out in the desert.

Psalm 106:13

But they soon forgot what you had done and rejected your advice.

Deuteronomy 9:22

You also made the LORD angry when you were staying at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-Hattaavah.