1 Corinthians 10:9

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted Him, and were destroyed by serpents: nor murmur,

1 Corinthians 10:6

Now these things were examples for us, that we might not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

James 4:2-3

Ye desire, and ye have not: ye are envious, and jealous, and cannot obtain: ye fight and contend; but ye have not, because ye ask not.

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And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

By asking meat

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By asking meat

1 Corinthians 10:6
Now these things were examples for us, that we might not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
James 4:2
Ye desire, and ye have not: ye are envious, and jealous, and cannot obtain: ye fight and contend; but ye have not, because ye ask not.