Psalms 106:25
They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.
BSB
ASV
But murmured in their tents, And hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.
KJV
But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.
But murmured in their tents. From unbelief to murmuring is a short and natural step; they even fell to weeping when they had the best ground for rejoicing. Murmuring is a great sin and not a mere weakness; it contains within itself unbelief, pride, rebellion, and a whole host of sins. It is a home sin, and is generally practised by complainers "in their tents, "but it is just as evil there as in the streets, and will be quite as grievous to the Lord. And hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.
Those that will not wait for God's counsel shall justly be given up to their own hearts' lusts, to walk in their own counsels. Many of their sins are here mentioned, together with the tokens of God's displeasure which they fell under for those sins.
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Hebrews 3:15As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”
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Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,
But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of…
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Numbers 14:22not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—
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And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.
And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses…