47 Bible Verses about Complaining

Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured and perished by the destroyer.

And all the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, and the whole congregation said unto them, Oh, that we might die in the land of Egypt or that we might die in this wilderness!

And the whole congregation of the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness;

And it came to pass that the people complained in an evil manner in the ears of the LORD, and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled, and the fire of the LORD burnt among them and consumed in the uttermost parts of the camp.

For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD, for what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?

Evening and morning and at noon I will pray and cry aloud, and he shall hear my voice.

Then the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

And the people spoke against God and against Moses, Why have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loathes this light bread.

After the number of the days in which ye spied out the land, even forty days, each day for a year, ye shall bear your iniquities forty years, and ye shall know my reason for annulling my promise.

Complain not one against another, brethren, that ye not be condemned: behold, the judge stands before the door.

And the vulgar who were mixed in among them returned to their lust; and even the sons of Israel wept and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

And in the morning ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for he has heard your murmurings against the LORD; and what are we, that ye murmur against us?

And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, that their widows were neglected in the daily ministry.

And Moses said, This shall be when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat and in the morning bread to the full; for the LORD has heard your murmurings which ye have murmured against him; and what are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.

How long shall I hear this evil congregation, which murmurs against me, the complaints of the sons of Israel, which they murmur against me?

and the sons of Israel said unto them, It would have been better if we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots and when we ate bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

and those that erred in spirit shall learn understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.

For who shall be the woe? for who shall be the woe? for who contention? for who quarrels? for who the wounds without cause? who shall have redness of eyes?

And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah because of the chiding of the sons of Israel and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness, all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me;

As for me, is my complaint to man? And if so, why should not my spirit be troubled?

Mem Why does the living man have pain, the man in his sins?

We remember the fish, which we freely ate in Egypt, the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic,

Do all things without murmurings and doubts,

And the people chided with Moses and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? Why do ye tempt the LORD?

But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it, said unto them, Does this offend you?

Lovingly be hospitable one to another without murmuring.

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness and comfort myself;

It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a contentious and an angry woman.

that ye may be blameless and innocent, children of God without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world,

My soul is cut off in my life; therefore, I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Why dost thou strive against him? For he will not answer all of thy words.

If my land cries against me and all its furrows likewise complain;

and ye murmured in your tents and said, Because the LORD hated us, he has brought us forth out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorite, to destroy us.

And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out demons in thy name and he does not follow us; and we forbade him because he does not follow us.

And the LORD heard the voice of your words and was angry and swore, saying,

Attend unto me and hear me: I mourn in my complaint and make a noise

And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.

Then Job answered and said,

But on the next day all the congregation of the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.

Mem Out of the mouth of the most High proceeds not evil and good?

So the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses and said, Why hast thou brought us up out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?

forbearing one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a quarrel against another: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own desires; and their mouth speaks arrogant things, admiring persons to take advantage.

Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go unto judgment before the unjust, and not before the saints?

But murmured in their tents and did not hearken unto the voice of the LORD.