Psalms 106:24

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“They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.”

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BSBPD

“They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Yea, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 106:24 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 25:34Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
  2. Numbers 13:32So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature.
  3. Numbers 14:2All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!
  4. Numbers 14:9Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us. Their protection has been removed, and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them!”
  5. Numbers 14:11And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?
  6. Numbers 14:31But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it.
  7. Deuteronomy 1:26But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.
  8. Deuteronomy 1:32But in spite of all this, you did not trust the LORD your God,
  9. Deuteronomy 8:7For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;
  10. Deuteronomy 9:23And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him.
  11. Deuteronomy 11:11But the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven.
  12. Jeremiah 3:19Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
  13. Ezekiel 20:6On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.
  14. Matthew 22:5But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.
  15. Hebrews 3:12See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.
  16. Hebrews 3:18And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?
  17. Hebrews 4:2For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.
  18. Hebrews 4:6Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience,
  19. Hebrews 4:14Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.
  20. Hebrews 12:16See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.
  21. Jude 1:5Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.

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