Psalm 78:18
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18 They tested God in their heart
by demanding the food they craved.(A)
Deuteronomy 6:16
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16 “Do not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.(A)
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Numbers 11:4
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4 The camp followers with them had a strong craving, and the Israelites also wept again and said, “If only we had meat to eat!(A)
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1 Corinthians 10:9
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9 We must not put Christ[a] to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by serpents.(A)
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- 10.9 Other ancient authorities read the Lord
Psalm 106:14-15
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14 But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness
and put God to the test in the desert;(A)
15 he gave them what they asked
but sent a wasting disease among them.(B)
James 4:2-3
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2 You want something and do not have it, so you commit murder. And you covet[a] something and cannot obtain it, so you engage in disputes and conflicts. You do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, in order to spend what you get on your pleasures.(A)
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- 4.2 Or you murder and you covet
1 Corinthians 10:6
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6 Now these things occurred as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil as they did.(A)
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Psalm 95:9
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9 when your ancestors tested me
and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.(A)
Exodus 16:2-3
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2 The whole congregation of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.(A) 3 The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”(B)
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