Psalm 78:18

New International Version

They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved.

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

The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat!

We should not test Christ, as some of them did—and were killed by snakes.

Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did.

where your ancestors tested me; they tried me, though they had seen what I did.

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

And he called the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the Lord saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”