47 Bible Verses about Complaining

Nor murmur as some of them also murmured and were destroyed by the destroyer.

And all the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. And the whole congregation said to them, Oh that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or, Oh that we had died in the wilderness!

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

And the people were evil, as those complaining in the ears of Jehovah. And Jehovah heard, and His anger was kindled. And the fire of Jehovah burned among them and devoured in the outermost parts of the camp.

For this cause you and all your company are gathered against Jehovah. And what is Aaron, that you murmur against him?

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

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

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

According to the number of the days in which you searched the land, forty days, each day for a year you shall bear your iniquities, forty years; and you shall know My alienation.

Do not grudge against one another, brothers, lest you be condemned. Behold, the Judge stands before the door.

And the mixed multitude in their midst lusted with great lust. And the sons of Israel also turned and wept, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

And in the morning, then you shall see the glory of Jehovah. For He hears your murmurings against Jehovah. And what are we, that you murmur against us?

And in those days, the disciples having multiplied, a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews occurred, because their widows were overlooked in the daily serving.

And Moses said, You will see when Jehovah shall give you flesh to eat in the evening and bread to the full in the morning, when Jehovah hears your murmurings which you murmur against Him. And what are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against Jehovah.

How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmurs against Me? I have heard the murmurings of the sons of Israel which they murmur against Me.

And the sons of Israel said to them, O that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we ate bread to the full! For you have brought us forth into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

Those who erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and those who murmured shall learn doctrine.

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has fighting? Who has babbling? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?

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

Your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness, and 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 why should my spirit not be troubled?

What? Should mankind complain, a living man, because of his sins?

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

Do all things without murmurings and disputings,

And the people wrangled with Moses and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why do you wrangle with me? Why do you tempt Jehovah?

But knowing in Himself that His disciples murmured about it, Jesus said to them, Does this offend you?

Be hospitable to one another, without grudging;

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

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will depart from my heaviness and be of good cheer,

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

so that you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation. Among these you shine as lights in the world,

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint on my self; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Why do you fight against Him? For He does not give account for any of His matters.

If my lands cry against me, or its furrows weep together;

And you murmured in your tents and said, Because Jehovah hates us, He has brought us forth out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

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

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

Attend to me, and hear me; I wander and I moan in my complaint,

And seeing, they all murmured, saying, He has gone in to stay with a sinful man.

And Job answered and said,

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

From the mouth of the Most High does not go out the evil and the good.

And the people thirsted there for water. And the people murmured against Moses and said, Why is this, that You brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our sons and our cattle with thirst?

forbearing one another and forgiving yourselves, if anyone has a complaint against any. As Christ forgave you, so also you do.

These are murmurers, complainers, leading lives according to their lusts. And their mouth speaks proud things, admiring faces for the sake of gain.

Do any of you dare, when you have a matter against another, to go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?

but murmured in their tents, and did not listen to the voice of Jehovah.