Psalms 78:40
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!”
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“How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!”
King James Version · Public Domain“How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 78:40 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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?
- Deuteronomy 9:7Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling against the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 9:21And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.
- Psalms 78:8Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
- Psalms 78:17But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.
- Psalms 95:8do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,
- Psalms 106:14They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
- Psalms 107:11because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.
- Isaiah 7:13Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?
- Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.
- Ephesians 4:30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
- Hebrews 3:15As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”
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