21 Bible Verses about Complaints

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Philippians 4:11

Not that I have anything to complain of, for I have learned how to be contented with the condition I am in.

1 Corinthians 10:10-11

You must not grumble, as some of them did, for they were destroyed for it by the destroying angel. These things happened to them as a warning to others, but they were written down to instruct us, in whose days the ages have reached their climax.

Matthew 9:11

And the Pharisees observed it, and they said to his disciples, "Why does your master eat with tax-collectors and irreligious people?"

Mark 2:16

And when the scribes who were of the Pharisees' party saw that he was eating with irreligious people and tax-collectors, they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax-collectors and irreligious people?"

Luke 5:30

And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled about it to his disciples, and said, "Why do you eat and drink with tax-collectors and irreligious people?"

Matthew 12:2

But the Pharisees saw it and said to him, "Look! Your disciples are doing something which it is against the Law to do on the Sabbath!"

Mark 2:24

And the Pharisees said to him, "Look! Why are they doing what it is against the law to do on the Sabbath?"

Luke 6:2

And some of the Pharisees said, "Why do you do what it is against the Law to do on the Sabbath?"

Matthew 15:2

"Why do your disciples break the rules handed down by our ancestors? For they eat their bread without first washing their hands."

Mark 7:5

And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not observe the rules handed down by our ancestors, but eat food without purifying their hands?"

Luke 15:2

And the Pharisees and scribes grumbled, and said, "This man welcomes irreligious people, and even eats with them!"

John 6:41-43

The Jews complained of him for saying, "I am the bread that has come out of heaven," and they said, "Is he not Joseph's son, Jesus, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, 'I have come down out of heaven'?" Jesus answered, "Do not complain to one another.

Acts 18:14-15

Before Paul could open his lips, Gallio said to the Jews, "If some misdemeanor or rascality were involved, Jews, you might reasonably expect me to listen to you. But as it is only a question of words and titles and your own law, you must look after it yourselves. I refuse to decide such matters."

Luke 10:40

But Martha was worried with all she had to do for them, and she came up and said, "Master, does it make no difference to you that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Tell her to help me."

Luke 19:7

And when they saw this, everyone complained, and said, "He has gone to stay with an irreligious man!"

Jude 1:16

These men are grumblers, dissatisfied with life. They go where their passions lead, their talk is arrogant and they cultivate people in the hope of gain.

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