What Does the Bible Say About Murmuring?

“And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. My: or, Mine iniquity is greater than that it may be forgiven”

“Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.”

“And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.”

“And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us. to be: Heb. to stink”

“And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?”

“For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. neither: Heb. delivering thou hast not delivered”

“And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?”

“Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.”

“And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. Marah: that is Bitterness”

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

“And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:”

“And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

“And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.”

“I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.”

“Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?”

“And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?”

“And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. complained: or, were as it were complainers it displeased: Heb. it was evil in the ears of”

“And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched. was: Heb. sunk”

“And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them. Taberah: that is, A burning”

“And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting : and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? fell: Heb. lusted a lust wept: Heb. returned and wept”

“And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?”

“And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.”

“And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. Ethiopian: or, Cushite married: Heb. taken”

“And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.”

“With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”

“But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.”

“And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. men: Heb. men of statures”

“And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.”

“And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!”

“And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?”

“And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,”

“How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.”

“Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:”

“Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,”

“Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. sware: Heb. lifted up my hand”

“But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.”

“But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.”

“And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. wander: or, feed”

“After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year , shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise. breach: or, altering of my purpose”

“I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.”

“And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,”

“Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.”

“And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown:”

“And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD? Ye take: Heb. It is much for you”

“And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:”

“Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?”

“Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up. put: Heb. bore out”

“But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.”

“Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.”

“And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.”

“And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels ; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not. rebels: Heb. children of rebellion”

“And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.”

“And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.”

“And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!”

“And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?”

“And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.”

“And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.”

“And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.”

“Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there. discouraged: Heb. melted”

“Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.”

“And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.”

“And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day. made: Heb. broken Perezuzzah: that is, the breach of Uzzah”

“But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. for himself: Heb. for his life”

“After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.”

“And Job spake, and said, spake: Heb. answered”

“Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.”

“Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.”

“Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. stain: or, challenge let the: or, let them terrify it, as those who have a bitter day”

“As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months. let it not be: or, let it not rejoice among the days”

“Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.”

“Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. their: or, leviathan”

“Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: the dawning: Heb. the eyelids of the morning”

“Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.”

“Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?”

“Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?”

“For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,”

“With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;”

“Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:”

“Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.”

“There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. weary: Heb. wearied in strength”

“There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.”

“The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.”

“Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;”

“Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; long: Heb. wait”

“Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?”

“Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?”

“For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters. I eat: Heb. my meat”

“For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. the thing: Heb. I feared a fear, and it came upon me”

“I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.”

“Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?”

“Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,”

“That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?”

“Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.”

“Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters. he giveth: Heb. he answereth not”

“For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.”

“A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.”

“But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.”

“Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.”

“Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. like: Heb. as sheep of meat”

“Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price. for: Heb. without riches”