Psalms 78:18
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
And they tempted God in their heart: by asking meat for their lust.
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- Numbers 11:4Rank 1 from verse 18
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?
4¶ And the *mixt multitude that was among them, †fell a lusting, and the children of Israel †also wept againe, and said, *Who shal giue vs flesh to eate?
- Deuteronomy 6:16Rank 2 from verse 18
- 1 Corinthians 10:9Rank 3 from verse 18
- Psalms 106:14–15Rank 4 from verse 18
- 1 Corinthians 10:6Rank 5 from verse 18
- Exodus 16:2–3Rank 6 from verse 18
2And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
3And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
2And the whole Congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wildernesse.
3And the children of Israel saide vnto them, Would to God wee had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when wee sate by the flesh pots, and when we did eate bread to the full: for ye haue brought vs forth into this wildernesse, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
- James 4:2–3Rank 7 from verse 18
2Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
2Ye lust, and haue not: yee kill, and desire to haue, and cannot obtaine: yee fight and warre, yet yee haue not, because ye aske not.
3Ye aske and receiue not, because ye aske amisse, that yee may consume it vpon your ‖lusts.
- Psalms 95:9Rank 8 from verse 18
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Psalms 78:18
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of tempt. Sense 1: To try, test, put to the test. Sense 2: To entice toward evil.
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The one true God.
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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.
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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.
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Requesting, petitioning, questioning, or inquiring.
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Sense 1: Food, nourishment, sustenance, or provision. Sense 2: Figuratively, that which nourishes or sustains.
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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.
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Sense 1: Strong desire, craving, or appetite. Sense 2: To desire or crave.
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17And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
17And they sinned yet more against him: by prouoking the most High in the wildernes.
18And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
18And they tempted God in their heart: by asking meat for their lust.
Selected passage19Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
19*†Yea, they spake against God: they said, Can God furnish a table in the wildernes?