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Psalms 78:40–41

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How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
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From verse 40

  1. Ephesians 4:30Rank 1 from verse 40
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    30And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

  2. Psalms 95:8–10Rank 2 from verse 40
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    8Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

    9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

    10Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

  3. Hebrews 3:15–17Rank 3 from verse 40
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    15While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

    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?

  4. Isaiah 63:10Rank 4 from verse 40
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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.

  5. Numbers 14:11Rank 5 from verse 40
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    11¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?

From verse 41

  1. Numbers 14:22Rank 1 from verse 41
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    22Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

  2. Hebrews 3:8–11Rank 2 from verse 41
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    8Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

    9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

    10Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.

    11So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)

  3. Acts 7:39Rank 3 from verse 41
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    39To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

  4. Deuteronomy 6:16Rank 4 from verse 41
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    16¶ Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

  5. Psalms 78:19–20Rank 5 from verse 41
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    19Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

    20Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

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Psalms 78:40

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.

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wilderness

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

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grieve

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To feel pain of mind or heart; to be in pain on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn.

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

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desert

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1. A wilderness or solitary place. 2. That which is deserved; a due recompence.

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Psalms 78:41

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yea

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1. Indeed, marking confirmation, emphasis, addition, continuation, or heightening of what is said; it may also emphasize a question. 2. Yes, expressing an affirmative answer or declaration.

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turned

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of turn, meaning to change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change.

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back

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Sense 1: The rear part; a position or direction behind. Sense 2: A return to a former place or condition.

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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.

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limited

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of limit, meaning to set bounds to; to appoint or fix a certain time.

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holy

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Sense 1: Morally pure, righteous, undefiled, and separate from evil; supremely so of God. Sense 2: Hallowed, consecrated, set apart, devoted, or belonging to God or sacred use; distinguished from what is common, profane, or unclean.

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

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Holy One

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A divine title used of the LORD and of Jesus Christ, often as the Holy One of Israel or the Holy One of God.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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39For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

40How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

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41Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

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42They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.

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