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Psalms 78:17–18

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And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
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From verse 17

  1. Isaiah 63:10Rank 1 from verse 17
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    10¶ But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.

  2. Deuteronomy 9:8Rank 2 from verse 17
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    8Also in Horeb ye provoked the Lord to wrath, so that the Lord was angry with you to have destroyed you.

  3. Hebrews 3:16–19Rank 3 from verse 17
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    16For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

    17But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

    18And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

    19So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

  4. Deuteronomy 9:12–22Rank 4 from verse 17
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    12And the Lord said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.

    13Furthermore the Lord spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

    14Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.

    15So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.

    16And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the Lord had commanded you.

    17And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.

    18And I fell down before the Lord, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

    19For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the Lord was wroth against you to destroy you. But the Lord hearkened unto me at that time also.

    20And the Lord was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.

    21And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.

    22And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the Lord to wrath.

  5. Psalms 106:13–32Rank 5 from verse 17
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    13They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

    14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

    15And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

    16They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the Lord.

    17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

    18And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

    19They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.

    20Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

    21They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;

    22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.

    23Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

    24Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

    25But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.

    26Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:

    27To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

    28They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

    29Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.

    30Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.

    31And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

    32They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:

From verse 18

  1. Numbers 11:4Rank 1 from verse 18
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    4¶ 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?

  2. Deuteronomy 6:16Rank 2 from verse 18
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    16¶ Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

  3. 1 Corinthians 10:9Rank 3 from verse 18
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    9Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

  4. Psalms 106:14–15Rank 4 from verse 18
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    14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

    15And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

  5. 1 Corinthians 10:6Rank 5 from verse 18
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    6Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

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Psalms 78:17

COMBINED MEANING

yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

provoking

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of provoke, meaning to stir up or incite, whether to anger or to action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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most High

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A title of God as the supreme ruler, who rules in the kingdom of men and gives it to whomsoever he will.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

high

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Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

wilderness

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Uncultivated, desolate, sparsely inhabited, or uninhabited land; a desert, wild country, or solitary region.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Psalms 78:18

COMBINED MEANING

tempted

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of tempt. Sense 1: To try, test, put to the test. Sense 2: To entice toward evil.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

meat

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Sense 1: Food, nourishment, sustenance, or provision. Sense 2: Figuratively, that which nourishes or sustains.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

lust

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Sense 1: Strong desire, craving, or appetite. Sense 2: To desire or crave.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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16He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

17And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

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18And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

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19Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

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