Bible Verses About Murmuring
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for murmuring, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 550 votes, led by Philippians 2:14. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Murmuring
Philippians 2:14110 votes
Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
James 5:953 votes
Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
Exodus 16:349 votes
And 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.
Jude 1:1645 votes
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
Exodus 15:2429 votes
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
1 Corinthians 10:1028 votes
Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
Exodus 16:1227 votes
I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God.
Romans 9:2023 votes
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
Job 19:1-2917 votes
Then Job answered and said,
Malachi 3:1417 votes
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?
John 6:41-4317 votes
The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
Exodus 17:315 votes
And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
Exodus 5:2213 votes
And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?
Exodus 5:2313 votes
For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.
Numbers 14:2713 votes
How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
Job 34:3713 votes
For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
Ecclesiastes 7:1013 votes
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
1 Peter 5:5-713 votes
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Numbers 16:4111 votes
But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord.
Jonah 4:1-1111 votes
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
Exodus 16:210 votes
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
Acts 6:1-1510 votes
And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
What does the Bible say about murmuring?
Readers most often cite Philippians 2:14 on the subject of murmuring. Across 550 votes, 22 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 5:9, Exodus 16:3, Jude 1:16. This page lists all 22 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.