47 Bible Verses about Complaining

And do not say evil things against the Lord, as some of them did, and destruction overtook them.

And all the children of Israel, crying out against Moses and Aaron, said, If only we had come to our death in the land of Egypt, or even in this waste land!

And all the children of Israel were crying out against Moses and Aaron in the waste land:

Now the people were saying evil against the Lord; and the Lord, hearing it, was angry and sent fire on them, burning the outer parts of the tent-circle.

So you and all your band have come together against the Lord; and Aaron, who is he, that you are crying out against him?

In the evening and in the morning and in the middle of the day I will make my prayer with sounds of grief; and my voice will come to his ears.

And the people, crying out against Moses, said, What are we to have for drink?

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.

And as you went through the land viewing it for forty days, so for forty years, a year for every day, you will undergo punishment for your wrongdoing, and you will see that I am against you.

Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.

And the mixed band of people who went with them were overcome by desire: and the children of Israel, weeping again, said, Who will give us flesh for our food?

And in the morning you will see the glory of the Lord; for your angry words against the Lord have come to his ears: and what are we that you are crying out against us?

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was increasing, protests were made by the Greek Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were not taken care of in the distribution of food every day.

And Moses said, The Lord will give you meat for your food at evening, and in the morning bread in full measure; for your outcry against the Lord has come to his ears: for what are we? your outcry is not against us but against the Lord.

How long am I to put up with this evil people and their outcries against me? The words which they say against me have come to my ears.

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.

Those whose hearts were turned away from him will get knowledge, and those who made an outcry against him will give attention to his teaching.

Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark?

And he gave that place the name Massah and Meribah, because the children of Israel were angry, and because they put the Lord to the test, saying, Is the Lord with us or not?

Your dead bodies will be stretched out in this waste land; and of all your number, all those of twenty years old and over who have been crying out against me,

As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?

What protest may a living man make, even a man about the punishment of his sin?

Sweet is the memory of the fish we had in Egypt for nothing, and the fruit and green plants of every sort, sharp and pleasing to the taste:

Do all things without protests and arguments;

So the people were angry with Moses, and said, Give us water for drinking. And Moses said, Why are you angry with me? and why do you put God to the test?

When Jesus became conscious that his disciples were protesting about what he said, he said to them, Does this give you trouble?

Keep open house for all with a glad heart;

When I say, In my bed I will have comfort, there I will get rest from my disease;

If I say, I will put my grief out of mind, I will let my face be sad no longer and I will be bright;

It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.

So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

My soul is tired of life; I will let my sad thoughts go free in words; my soul will make a bitter outcry.

Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words?

If my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow;

And you made an angry outcry in your tents, and said, In his hate for us the Lord has taken us out of the land of Egypt, to give us up into the hands of the Amorites for our destruction.

John said to him, Master, we saw one driving out evil spirits in your name: and we said that he might not, because he is not one of us.

And the Lord, hearing your words, was angry, and said with an oath,

Give thought to me, and let my prayer be answered: I have been made low in sorrow;

And when they saw it, they were all angry, saying, He has gone into the house of a sinner.

And Job made answer and said,

But on the day after, all the children of Israel made an outcry against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have put to death the Lord's people.

Do not evil and good come from the mouth of the Most High?

And the people were in great need of water; and they made an outcry against Moses, and said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to send death on us and our children and our cattle through need of water?

Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:

These are the men who make trouble, ever desiring change, going after evil pleasures, using high-sounding words, respecting men's position in the hope of reward.

How is it, that if any one of you has a cause at law against another, he takes it before a Gentile judge and not before the saints?

Talking against him secretly in their tents, they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord.