43 Bible Verses about Resentment, Against God

The people complained about Moses. They asked: What can we drink?

The entire congregation complained about Moses and Aaron in the desert. The Israelites said to them: If only Jehovah had allowed us to die in Egypt! There we sat by our pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted! You brought us out into this desert to let us all starve to death!

The people were thirsty for water. They complained to Moses and asked: Why did you bring us out of Egypt? Was it to make us, our children, and our livestock die of thirst?

The congregation was without water. So they gathered to confront Moses and Aaron. The people complained to Moses. They said: If only we had died when the other Israelites died in Jehovah's presence! Did you bring Jehovah's assembly into this desert just to have us all die and our animals?read more.
Why did you make us leave Egypt and bring us into this terrible place? This is no place to plant crops. Even figs, grapes, and pomegranates will not grow here. And there is no water to drink!

They moved from Mount Hor following the road that goes to the Red Sea. That way they could go around Edom. The people became impatient on the trip and criticized God and Moses. They said: Why did you make us leave Egypt only to let us die in the desert? There is no bread or water, and we cannot stand this awful food!

The Israelites saw the king coming with his army. They were frightened and begged Jehovah for help. They also complained to Moses: Was there not enough room in Egypt to bury us? Is that why you brought us out here to die in the desert? Why did you bring us out of Egypt?

They complained to Moses and Aaron: If only we had died in Egypt or in this desert! Why is Jehovah bringing us to this land? Is it just to have us die in battle? Our wives and children will be taken as prisoners of war! Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?

You complained in your tents, and said: Jehovah hates us so he brought us out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

They complained in their tents. They did not obey Jehovah.

The people complained out loud to Jehovah about their troubles. Jehovah heard them and he became angry. Fire from Jehovah burned among them. It destroyed some people on the outskirts of the camp.

How long must I put up with this wicked congregation that keeps complaining about me? I have heard the complaints the Israelites are making about me. Therefore tell them: 'As I live, declares Jehovah, I solemnly swear I will do everything to you that you said I would do. Your bodies will drop dead in this desert. All of you who are at least twenty years old, who were registered and listed, and who complained about me will die.read more.
I raised my hand and swore an oath to give you this land to live in. But none of you will enter it except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

Raising his hand, he swore that he would kill them in the wilderness, kill their descendants among the nations, and scatter them throughout various lands.

Do not grumble like some of them grumbled. Venomous snakes killed them.

Jehovah said to Moses: I am going to cause food to rain down from the sky for all of you. The people must go out every day and gather enough for that day. In this way I can test them to find out if they will follow my instructions.

The staff from the man I choose will begin to grow. In this way I will silence the frequent complaints the Israelites make against you and Aaron.

I loathe my very life. I will therefore give free rein to my complaint and speak out in my bitterness.

Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter in heart? They long for death that does not come. They search for it more than for hidden treasure. They are filled with gladness and rejoice when they reach the grave.read more.
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged (fenced) in? Sighing comes to me instead of food. My groans pour out like water. What I feared has come upon me. What I dreaded has happened to me. I have no peace. I have no quietness. I have no rest. I only have turmoil!

I will not keep from speaking. I must express my anguish. I must complain in my bitterness.

Hannah was filled with grief and wept bitterly. She prayed and pledged an oath to Jehovah:

([Psalm of Asaph]) My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, and he listened to me. In the day of my trouble I sought Jehovah. My hand was stretched out in the night, and did not get tired. I refused to be comforted. I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed.

I pour out my complaints in his presence and tell him my troubles.

Why do I suffer constant pain? Why is my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will you indeed be to me like a deceptive stream with water that is unreliable?

She said: Do not call me Naomi (meaning pleasant). Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life bitter. I went away full, and Jehovah sent me back empty. Why do you give me the name Naomi, seeing that Jehovah has given witness against me, and the Almighty has brought sorrow to me?

Even today my complaint is bitter rebellion. God's hand is heavy despite my groaning.

Why do you say, O Jacob, and complain, O Israel: 'My way is hidden from Jehovah! My God disregards my cause?'

John said to Herod: It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife. Herodias had a grudge against John and was determined to have him killed.

He said to him: These are the words of Jehovah: 'Because you have let go from your hands the man whom I had put to the curse, your life will be taken for his life, and your people for his people.' Then the king of Israel went back to his house, bitter and angry, he went to Samaria.

Ahab returned to his house bitter and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite said to him: I will not give you the heritage of my fathers. Stretching himself on the bed with his face turned away, he would not eat.

So the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far as Zebulun, but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them.

They mocked God's messengers. They despised his words, and made fun of his prophets until Jehovah became angry with his people. He could no longer heal them.

To be sure anger kills a stubborn fool. And jealousy murders a gullible person.

My heart was grieved and I was pierced within. I was so foolish and ignorant: I was like a beast before you.

A scoffer hates the one who reproves him. He will not go to the wise.

Man ruins his life by his own foolishness. His heart chafes with anger against Jehovah.

What protest may a living man make? Can a man protest about the punishment for his sin?

The godless in heart harbor resentment. Even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.

If you have bitter jealousy (envy) and greedy ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and lie against the truth. This wisdom is not a wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and devilish. For where jealousy and selfishness are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

He went to his own country and taught in the synagogue. They were astonished and asked where this man got this wisdom and these mighty works. Is this man the carpenter's son? Is his mother called Mary? Are his brothers James and Joseph, Simon, and Judas? Are his sisters all with us? Where did he get all these things?read more.
They resented him. But Jesus responded to them: A prophet is without honor in his own country, and in his own house. He did not do many mighty works there because of their lack of faith.

He left there and went to his own country. His disciples followed him. Jesus taught in the synagogue on the Sabbath. Many were astonished when they heard him. They asked: Where did this man get these things? What is the wisdom given to this man and how did he perform these mighty works by his hands? Is this the carpenter, the son of Mary, brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Are not his sisters here with us? He offended them.read more.
Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among his own people and in his own house. He laid his hands upon a few sick and healed them. Otherwise he did no mighty work there. He wondered at their unbelief. Then he went around to the villages teaching.

The chief priests and the scribes saw the powerful works he did. They heard the children crying out in the Temple: Glory to the son of David. This made them very angry.

The disciples told him the Pharisees were upset by what he said.

When they heard this many of his disciples said: This is a hard saying; who can listen to it? He knew his disciples complained about this. Jesus said: Does this cause you to stumble?

The Jews complained about him. This is because he said 'I am the bread that came down out of heaven.' They said: Is Jesus the son of Joseph? We know his father and mother. How does he now say, I came down out of heaven? Jesus answered: Stop complaining and saying things against me.