47 Bible Verses about Complaining

And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.

And all the Israelites murmured 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 perished in this wilderness!

The entire company of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron in the desert.

When the people complained, it displeased the Lord. When the Lord heard it, his anger burned, and so the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some of the outer parts of the camp.

Therefore you and all your company have assembled together against the Lord! And Aaron -- what is he that you murmur against him?"

During the evening, morning, and noontime I will lament and moan, and he will hear me.

So the people murmured against Moses, saying, "What can 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 or water, and we detest this worthless food."

According to the number of the days you have investigated this land, forty days -- one day for a year -- you will suffer for your iniquities, forty years, and you will know what it means to thwart me.

Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates!

Now the mixed multitude who were among them craved more desirable foods, and so the Israelites wept again and said, "If only we had meat to eat!

and in the morning you will see the glory of the Lord, because he has heard your murmurings against the Lord. As for us, what are we, that you should murmur against us?"

Now in those days, when the disciples were growing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Greek-speaking Jews against the native Hebraic Jews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

Moses said, "You will know this when the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening and bread in the morning to satisfy you, because the Lord has heard your murmurings that you are murmuring against him. As for us, what are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against the Lord."

"How long must I bear with this evil congregation that murmurs against me? I have heard the complaints of the Israelites that they murmured against me.

The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, when we ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this desert to kill this whole assembly with hunger!"

Those who stray morally will gain understanding; those who complain will acquire insight.

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has dullness of the eyes?

He called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the contending of the Israelites and because of their testing the Lord, saying, "Is the Lord among us or not?"

Your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness -- all those of you who were numbered, according to your full number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me.

Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?

Why should any living person complain when punished for his sins?

We remember the fish we used to eat freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic.

Do everything without grumbling or arguing,

So the people contended with Moses, and they said, "Give us water to drink!" Moses said to them, "Why do you contend with me? Why do you test the Lord?"

When Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining about this, he said to them, "Does this cause you to be offended?

Show hospitality to one another without complaining.

If I say, "My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,"

If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression and be cheerful,'

It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked woman.

so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world

"I am weary of my life; I will complain without restraint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Why do you contend against him, that he does not answer all a person's words?

"If my land cried out against me and all its furrows wept together,

You complained among yourselves privately and said, "Because the Lord hates us he brought us from Egypt to deliver us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us!

John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he was not following us."

When the Lord heard you, he became angry and made this vow:

Pay attention to me and answer me! I am so upset and distressed, I am beside myself,

And when the people saw it, they all complained, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner."

Then Job answered:

But on the next day the whole community of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying, "You have killed the Lord's people!"

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that everything comes -- both calamity and blessing?

But the people were very thirsty there for water, and they murmured against Moses and said, "Why in the world did you bring us up out of Egypt -- to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?"

bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.

These people are grumblers and fault-finders who go wherever their desires lead them, and they give bombastic speeches, enchanting folks for their own gain.

When any of you has a legal dispute with another, does he dare go to court before the unrighteous rather than before the saints?

They grumbled in their tents; they did not obey the Lord.