Exodus 17:2

New American Bible - revised edition

and so they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses replied to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the Lord to a test?”

Cross References

Psalm 106:13

But they soon forgot all he had done; they had no patience for his plan.

Psalm 106:14

In the desert they gave in to their cravings, tempted God in the wasteland.

Psalm 78:18

They tested God in their hearts, demanding the food they craved.

Psalm 78:41

Again and again they tested God, provoked the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 78:56

But they tested and rebelled against God Most High, his decrees they did not observe.

Psalm 95:8

Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as on the day of Massah in the desert.

Psalm 95:9

There your ancestors tested me; they tried me though they had seen my works.

Exodus 15:24

As the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”

Exodus 16:8

And Moses said, “When the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening and in the morning your fill of bread, and hears the grumbling you utter against him, who then are we? Your grumbling is not against us, but against the Lord.”

Exodus 17:7

The place was named Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarreled there and tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord in our midst or not?” Battle with Amalek.

Exodus 5:21

and said to them, “The Lord look upon you and judge! You have made us offensive to Pharaoh and his servants, putting a sword into their hands to kill us.” Renewal of God’s Promise.

Isaiah 7:12

But Ahaz answered, “I will not ask! I will not tempt the Lord!”

Malachi 3:15

But we call the arrogant blessed; for evildoers not only prosper but even test God and escape.”

Numbers 14:2

All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, the whole community saying to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt,” or “If only we would die here in the wilderness!

Numbers 14:22

of all the people who have seen my glory and the signs I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and who nevertheless have put me to the test ten times already and have not obeyed me,

Numbers 21:5

so the people complained against God and Moses, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness, where there is no food or water? We are disgusted with this wretched food!”

Matthew 4:7

Jesus answered him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.’”

Luke 15:12

and the younger son said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of your estate that should come to me.’ So the father divided the property between them.

Luke 4:12

Jesus said to him in reply, “It also says, ‘You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.’”

Acts 15:10

Why, then, are you now putting God to the test by placing on the shoulders of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

Acts 5:9

Then Peter said to her, “Why did you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen, the footsteps of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

1 Corinthians 10:9

Let us not test Christ as some of them did, and suffered death by serpents.

Deuteronomy 6:16

You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test, as you did at Massah.

Deuteronomy 9:22

At Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah likewise, you enraged the Lord.

Hebrews 3:9

where your ancestors tested and tried me and saw my works

1 Samuel 8:6

Samuel was displeased when they said, “Give us a king to rule us.” But he prayed to the Lord.