47 Bible Verses about Complaining

Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.

And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!

And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:

And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.

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

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

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

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

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

Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth 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 multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

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 that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.

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

And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

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

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

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

Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:

Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

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

When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?

Use hospitality one to 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 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 harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

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

Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath 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 devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.

And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, 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 morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.

Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?

And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.

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

But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.