Psalm 78:18

Lessons From Israel's Past

¹⁷ Yet they still continued to sin against Him,
To rebel against the Most High in the desert.
¹⁸ And in their heart they put God to the test
By asking food according to their desire.
¹⁹ Then they spoke against God;
They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

Tested God

Tempted God

Numbers 11:4

The rabble who were among them had greedy desires; and also the sons of Israel wept again and said, “Who will give us meat to eat?

1 Corinthians 10:9

Nor let us try the Lord, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the serpents.

Exodus 16:2-3

The whole congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.

Deuteronomy 6:16

“You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah.

Psalm 95:9

“When your fathers tested Me,
They tried Me, though they had seen My work.

Psalm 106:14-15

But craved intensely in the wilderness,
And tempted God in the desert.

1 Corinthians 10:6

Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they also craved.

James 4:2-3

You lust and do not have; so you commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.