Psalms 78:18

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Psalms 78:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible

16 He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.

17 But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.

18 They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.

19 They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?

20 When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”

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Psalms 106:14

They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.

Psalms 106:15

So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.

Exodus 16:2

And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron.

Exodus 16:3

“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”

Numbers 11:4

Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?

1 Corinthians 10:6

These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.

James 4:2

You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.

James 4:3

And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.