Exodus 16:3
The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by pots of meat and ate all the bread we wanted. Instead, you brought us into this wilderness to make this whole assembly die of hunger!”
Lamentations 4:9
ט Tet
than those slain by hunger,
who waste away, pierced with pain
because the fields lack produce.
Exodus 17:3
But the people thirsted there for water, and grumbled against Moses. They said, “Why did you ever bring us out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?”
Numbers 11:4-5
Contemptible people
Numbers 14:2
All the Israelites complained about Moses and Aaron,
Numbers 20:3-5
The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord.
Exodus 2:23
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of their difficult labor, and they cried out;
Exodus 5:21
“May the Lord take note of you and judge,” they said to them, “because you have made us reek in front of Pharaoh and his officials—putting a sword in their hand to kill us!”
Numbers 11:15
If You are going to treat me like this, please kill me right now.
Numbers 16:13
Is it not enough that you brought us up from a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Do you also have to appoint yourself as ruler over us?
Numbers 16:41
The next day the entire Israelite community complained about Moses and Aaron,
Deuteronomy 8:3
He humbled you by letting you go hungry; then He gave you manna to eat, which you and your fathers had not known, so that you might learn that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
Deuteronomy 28:67
In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread you will have in your heart and because of what you will see.
Joshua 7:7
“Oh, Lord God,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites for our destruction? If only we had been content to remain on the other side of the Jordan!
2 Samuel 18:33
Job 3:1
After this, Job began to speak and cursed the day he was born.
Job 3:10
the doors of my mother’s womb,
and hide sorrow from my eyes.
Job 3:20
and life to those whose existence is bitter,
Jeremiah 2:6
who brought us from the land of Egypt,
who led us through the wilderness,
through a land of deserts and ravines,
through a land of drought and darkness,
a land no one traveled through
and where no one lived?”
Jeremiah 20:14-18
be cursed.
May the day my mother bore me
never be blessed.
Jonah 4:8-9
As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind.
Acts 26:29
“I wish before God,” replied Paul, “that whether easily or with difficulty, not only you but all who listen to me today might become as I am—except for these chains.”
1 Corinthians 4:8
You are already full! You are already rich! You have begun to reign as kings without us—and I wish you did reign, so that we could also reign with you!
2 Corinthians 11:1
I wish you would put up with a little foolishness
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Would
Flesh
To kill
General references
Bible References
Would
than those slain by hunger,
who waste away, pierced with pain
because the fields lack produce.
We had
be cursed.
May the day my mother bore me
never be blessed.
Flesh
To kill
Hunger
who brought us from the land of Egypt,
who led us through the wilderness,
through a land of deserts and ravines,
through a land of drought and darkness,
a land no one traveled through
and where no one lived?”
than those slain by hunger,
who waste away, pierced with pain
because the fields lack produce.