Quotes About Faith

They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.

In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.

At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.

They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.

They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,

wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.

They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.

They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.

So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,

They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.

So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.

It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.

At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.

For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.

but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.

Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand.

Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.

He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.