Exodus 17:2

New Century Version

So they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why are you testing the Lord?”

Cross References

Psalm 106:13

But they quickly forgot what he had done; they did not wait for his advice.

Psalm 106:14

They became greedy for food in the desert, and they tested God there.

Psalm 78:18

They decided to test God by asking for the food they wanted.

Psalm 78:41

Again and again they tested God and brought pain to the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 78:56

But they tested God and turned against God Most High; they did not keep his rules.

Psalm 95:8

“Do not be stubborn, as your ancestors were at Meribah, as they were that day at Massah in the desert.

Psalm 95:9

There your ancestors tested me and tried me even though they saw what I did.

Exodus 15:24

The people grumbled to Moses and asked, “What will we drink?”

Exodus 16:8

And Moses said, “Each evening the Lord will give you meat to eat, and every morning he will give you all the bread you want, because he has heard you grumble against him. You are not grumbling against Aaron and me, because we are nothing; you are grumbling against the Lord.”

Exodus 17:7

He named that place Massah, because the Israelites tested the Lord when they asked, “Is the Lord with us or not?” He also named it Meribah, because they quarreled.

Exodus 5:21

So they said to Moses and Aaron, “May the Lord punish you. You caused the king and his officers to hate us. You have given them an excuse to kill us.”

Isaiah 7:12

But Ahaz said, “I will not ask for a sign or test the Lord.”

Malachi 3:15

So we say that proud people are happy. Evil people succeed. They challenge God and get away with it.’ ”

Numbers 14:2

All the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron, and all the people said to them, “We wish we had died in Egypt or in this desert.

Numbers 14:22

All these people saw my glory and the miracles I did in Egypt and in the desert, but they disobeyed me and tested me ten times.

Numbers 21:5

and grumbled at God and Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us out of Egypt to die in this desert? There is no bread and no water, and we hate this terrible food!”

Matthew 4:7

Jesus answered him, “It also says in the Scriptures, ‘Do not test the Lord your God.’ ”

Luke 15:12

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

Luke 4:12

Jesus answered, “But it also says in the Scriptures: ‘Do not test the Lord your God.’ ”

Acts 15:10

So now why are you testing God by putting a heavy load around the necks of the non-Jewish believers? It is a load that neither we nor our ancestors were able to carry.

Acts 5:9

Peter said to her, “Why did you and your husband agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

1 Corinthians 10:9

We must not test Christ as some of them did; they were killed by snakes.

Deuteronomy 6:16

Do not test the Lord your God as you did at Massah.

Deuteronomy 9:22

You also made the Lord angry at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth Hattaavah.

Hebrews 3:9

There your ancestors tried me and tested me and saw the things I did for forty years.

1 Samuel 8:6

When the elders said that, Samuel was not pleased. He prayed to the Lord,