2 So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”
Exodus 17:2 Cross References - MSB
Genesis 30:1-2
Exodus 5:21
21 “May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”
Exodus 14:11-12
11 They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?
12 Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
Exodus 15:24
24 So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”
Exodus 16:2-3
Exodus 17:7
7 He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
Numbers 11:4-6
4 Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
5 We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.
6 But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!”
Numbers 14:2
2 All 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!
Numbers 14:22
22 not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—
Numbers 20:2-5
2 Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron.
3 The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!
4 Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here?
5 Why have you led us up out of Egypt to bring us to this wretched place? It is not a place of grain, figs, vines, or pomegranates—and there is no water to drink!”
Numbers 21:5
5 and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”
Deuteronomy 6:16
16 Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.
1 Samuel 8:6
6 But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.
Psalms 78:18
18 They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.
Psalms 78:41
41 Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
Psalms 78:56
56 But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.
Psalms 95:9
9 where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.
Psalms 106:14
14 They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
Isaiah 7:12
12 But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask; I will not test the LORD.”
Malachi 3:15
15 So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
Matthew 4:7
7 Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
Matthew 16:1-3
1 Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.
2 But He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘The weather will be fair, for the sky is red,’
3 and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but not the signs of the times.
Luke 4:12
12 But Jesus answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
Luke 15:12
12 The younger son said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.
Acts 5:9
9 “How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter replied. “Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”
Acts 15:10
10 Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?
1 Corinthians 10:9
9 We should not test Christ, as some of them also did, and were killed by snakes.
Hebrews 3:9
9 where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.