Psalms 106:14
They gave way to their evil desires in the waste land, and put God to the test in the dry places.
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Psalms 106:14
They gave way to their evil desires in the waste land, and put God to the test in the dry places.
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Exodus 16:3
And the children of Israel said to them, It would have been better for the Lord to have put us to death in the land of Egypt, where we were seated by the flesh-pots and had bread enough for our needs; for you have taken us out to this waste of sand, to put all this people to death through need of food.
Numbers 14:23
They will not see the land about which I made an oath to their fathers; not one of these by whom I have not been honoured will see it.
Numbers 21:5
And crying out against God and against Moses, they said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to come to our death in the waste land? For there is no bread and no water, and this poor bread is disgusting to us.
Deuteronomy 9:22
Again at Taberah and at Massah and at Kibroth-hattaavah you made the Lord angry.
Hebrews 3:11
And being angry I made an oath, saying, They may not come into my rest.
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Exodus 23:20
See, I am sending an angel before you, to keep you on your way and to be your guide into the place which I have made ready for you.
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Exodus 23:21
Give attention to him and give ear to his voice; do not go against him; for your wrongdoing will not be overlooked by him, because my name is in him.
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Numbers 11:31
Then the Lord sent a wind, driving little birds from the sea, so that they came down on the tents, and all round the tent-circle, about a day's journey on this side and on that, in masses about two cubits high over the face of the earth.
Numbers 11:32
And all that day and all night and the day after, the people were taking up the birds; the smallest amount which anyone got was ten homers: and they put them out all round the tents.
Psalms 78:27
He sent down meat on them like dust, and feathered birds like the sand of the sea,
Psalms 78:28
And he let it come down into their resting-place, round about their tents.
Psalms 78:29
So they had food and were full; for he gave them their desire;
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Deuteronomy 12:15
Only you may put to death animals, such as the gazelle or the roe, for your food in any of your towns, at the desire of your soul, in keeping with the blessing of the Lord your God which he has given you: the unclean and the clean may take of it.
Deuteronomy 12:20
When the Lord your God makes wide the limit of your land, as he has said, and you say, I will take flesh for my food, because you have a desire for it; then you may take whatever flesh you have a desire for.
Deuteronomy 12:21
If the place marked out by the Lord your God as the resting-place for his name is far away from you, then take from your herds and from your flocks which the Lord has given you, as I have said, and have a meal of it in the towns where you may be living.
Deuteronomy 14:26
And with the money get whatever you have a desire for, oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your soul's desire may be: and make a feast there before the Lord your God, and be glad, you and all your house;
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Psalms 78:37
And their hearts were not right with him, and they did not keep their agreement with him.
Isaiah 58:2
Though they make prayer to me every day, and take pleasure in the knowledge of my ways: like a nation which has done righteousness, and has not given up the rules of their God, they make requests to me for the right orders, it is their delight to come near to God.
Ezekiel 33:31
And they come to you as my people come, and are seated before you as my people, hearing your words but doing them not: for deceit is in their mouth and their heart goes after profit for themselves.
Ezekiel 33:32
And truly you are to them like a love song by one who has a very pleasing voice and is an expert player on an instrument: for they give ear to your words but do them not.
Matthew 13:20
And that which went on the stones, this is he who, hearing the word, straight away takes it with joy;
Matthew 13:21
But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts.
Mark 4:16
And in the same way, these are they who are planted on the stones, who, when the word has come to their ears, straight away take it with joy;
Mark 4:17
And they have no root in themselves, but go on for a time; then, when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, they quickly become full of doubts.
Mark 6:20
For Herod was in fear of John, being conscious that he was an upright and holy man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he was much troubled; and he gave ear to him gladly.
Luke 8:13
And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up.
John 5:35
He was a burning and shining light, and for a time you were ready to be happy in his light.
Galatians 3:1
O foolish Galatians, by what strange powers have you been tricked, to whom it was made clear that Jesus Christ was put to death on the cross?
Galatians 3:4
Did you undergo such a number of things to no purpose? if it is in fact to no purpose.
Galatians 4:15
Where then is that happy condition of yours? because I give you witness, that, if possible, you would have taken out your eyes and given them to me.
Galatians 4:16
So then am I no longer your friend, because I give you true words?
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Deuteronomy 33:8
And of Levi he said, Give your Thummim to Levi and let the Urim be with your loved one, whom you put to the test at Massah, with whom you were angry at the waters of Meribah;
Psalms 78:40
How frequently did they go against him in the waste land, and give him cause for grief in the dry places!
Psalms 95:8
Let not your hearts be hard, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the waste land;
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Isaiah 30:18
For this cause the Lord will be waiting, so that he may be kind to you; and he will be lifted up, so that he may have mercy on you; for the Lord is a God of righteousness: there is a blessing on all whose hope is in him.
Isaiah 49:8
This is the word of the Lord: I have given ear to you at a good time, and I have been your helper in a day of salvation: and I will keep you safe, and will make you a glory for the people, putting the land in order, and giving them the heritages which now are waste;
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Daniel 6:16
Then the king gave the order, and they took Daniel and put him into the lions' hole. The king made answer and said to Daniel, Your God, whose servant you are at all times, will keep you safe.
Matthew 4:6
If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.
Luke 4:9
And he took him to Jerusalem and put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him, If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down from here; for it is said in the Writings,
Luke 4:13
And when all these tests were ended the Evil One went away from him for a time.
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Isaiah 7:12
But Ahaz said, I will not put the Lord to the test by making such a request.
Malachi 3:10
Let your tenths come into the store-house so that there may be food in my house, and put me to the test by doing so, says the Lord of armies, and see if I do not make the windows of heaven open and send down such a blessing on you that there is no room for it.
Matthew 16:1
And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him, made a request to him to give them a sign from heaven.
Matthew 16:2
But in answer he said to them, At nightfall you say, The weather will be good, for the sky is red.
Matthew 16:3
And in the morning, The weather will be bad today, for the sky is red and angry. You are able to see the face of heaven, but not the signs of the times.
Acts 15:10
Why then are you testing God, by putting on the neck of the disciples a yoke so hard that not even our fathers or we were strong enough for it?
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Mark 8:34
And turning to the mass of people with his disciples, he said to them, If any man has the desire to come after me, let him give up all other desires, and take up his cross and come after me.
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Mark 9:1
And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There are some here who will have no taste of death till they see the kingdom of God come with power.
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John 6:15
Now when Jesus saw that the people were about to come and take him by force to make him a king, he went away again up the mountain by himself.
John 6:26
Jesus, answering them, said, Truly I say to you, You come after me, not because you saw signs, but because you were given the bread and had enough.
John 6:64
But still some of you have no faith. For it was clear to Jesus from the first who they were who had no faith, and who it was who would be false to him.
Acts 8:18
Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the touch of the Apostles' hands, he made them an offering of money, saying,
Acts 8:19
Give me this power, so that when I put my hands on anyone he may get the Holy Spirit.
Acts 8:20
But Peter said, May your money come to destruction with you, because you had the idea that what is freely given by God may be got for a price.
Acts 8:21
You have no part in this business, because your heart is not right before God.
Romans 16:18
For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.
Philippians 2:21
For they all go after what is theirs, not after the things of Christ.
Philippians 3:19
Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth.
1 Timothy 6:5
Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.
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Malachi 1:1
The word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.
Romans 12:1
For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.
1 Corinthians 6:12
I am free to do all things; but not all things are wise. I am free to do all things; but I will not let myself come under the power of any.
1 Corinthians 6:13
Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:
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Galatians 4:17
Their interest in you is not good; but their desire is that you may be shut out, so that you may go after them.
Galatians 4:18
But it is good to have an interest in a good cause at all times, and not only when I am present with you.
Galatians 4:19
My children, of whom I am again in birth-pains till Christ is formed in you,
Galatians 4:20
Truly my desire is to be present with you now, using a changed voice; for I am troubled about you.
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Proverbs 1:31
So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full.
Hebrews 10:28
A man who has gone against the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the word of two or three witnesses:
Hebrews 10:29
But will not the man by whom the Son of God has been crushed under foot, and the blood of the agreement with which he was washed clean has been taken as an unholy thing, and who has had no respect for the Spirit of grace, be judged bad enough for a very much worse punishment?
Hebrews 10:30
For we have had experience of him who says, Punishment is mine, I will give reward. And again, The Lord will be judge of his people.
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Romans 13:14
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.
James 4:4
O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God's friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself a hater of God.
1 John 2:16
Because everything in the world, the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but of the world.
1 John 2:17
And the world and its desires is coming to an end: but he who does God's pleasure is living for ever.
Revelation 18:14
And the fruit of your soul's desire has gone from you, and all things delicate and shining have come to an end and will never again be seen.
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