Exodus 17:2

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Therefore the people found fault with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you find fault with me? Why do you put the Lord to the proof?”

Cross References

Psalm 106:13

But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.

Psalm 106:14

But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness, and put God to the test in the desert;

Psalm 78:18

They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved.

Psalm 78:41

They tested him again and again, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 78:56

Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God, and did not observe his testimonies,

Psalm 95:8

Harden not your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,

Psalm 95:9

when your fathers tested me, and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.

Exodus 15:24

And the people murmured against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”

Exodus 16:8

And Moses said, “When the Lord gives you in the evening flesh to eat and in the morning bread to the full, because the Lord has heard your murmurings which you murmur against him—what are we? Your murmurings are not against us but against the Lord.”

Exodus 17:7

And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the faultfinding of the children of Israel, and because they put the Lord to the proof by saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

Exodus 5:21

and they said to them, “The Lord look upon you and judge, because you have made us offensive in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and have put a sword in their hand to kill us.”

Isaiah 7:12

But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.”

Malachi 3:15

Henceforth we deem the arrogant blessed; evildoers not only prosper but when they put God to the test they escape.’ ”

Numbers 14:2

And all the people of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron; the whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness!

Numbers 14:22

none of the men who have seen my glory and my signs which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have put me to the proof these ten times and have not hearkened to my voice,

Numbers 21:5

And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food.”

Matthew 4:7

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

Luke 15:12

and the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that falls to me.’ And he divided his living between them.

Luke 4:12

And Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ ”

Acts 15:10

Now therefore why do you make trial of God by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

Acts 5:9

But Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Hark, the feet of those that have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

1 Corinthians 10:9

We must not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents;

Deuteronomy 6:16

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

Deuteronomy 9:22

“At Taberah also, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, you provoked the Lord to wrath.

Hebrews 3:9

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

1 Samuel 8:6

But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to govern us.” And Samuel prayed to the Lord.