Exodus 16:3 Cross References

Exodus 16:3

3: "Oh, that we were back in Egypt," they moaned. "It would have been better if the LORD had killed us there! At least there we had plenty to eat. But now you have brought us into this desert to starve us to death."

Exodus 17:3

  1. But tormented by thirst, they continued to complain, "Why did you ever take us out of Egypt? Why did you bring us here? We, our children, and our livestock will all die!"

Numbers 11:4

  1. Then the foreign rabble who were traveling with the Israelites began to crave the good things of Egypt, and the people of Israel also began to complain. "Oh, for some meat!" they exclaimed.
  2. "We remember all the fish we used to eat for free in Egypt. And we had all the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic that we wanted.

Lamentations 4:9

  1. Those killed by the sword are far better off than those who die of hunger, wasting away for want of food.

Deuteronomy 28:67

  1. In the morning you will say, `If only it were night!' And in the evening you will say, `If only it were morning!' You will say this because of your terror at the awesome horrors you see around you.

Numbers 20:3

  1. The people blamed Moses and said, "We wish we had died in the LORD's presence with our brothers!
  2. Did you bring the LORD's people into this wilderness to die, along with all our livestock?
  3. Why did you make us leave Egypt and bring us here to this terrible place? This land has no grain, figs, grapes, or pomegranates. And there is no water to drink!"

Numbers 14:2

  1. Their voices rose in a great chorus of complaint against Moses and Aaron. "We wish we had died in Egypt, or even here in the wilderness!" they wailed.

1 Corinthians 4:8

  1. You think you already have everything you need! You are already rich! Without us you have become kings! I wish you really were on your thrones already, for then we would be reigning with you!

Joshua 7:7

  1. Then Joshua cried out, "Sovereign LORD, why did you bring us across the Jordan River if you are going to let the Amorites kill us? If only we had been content to stay on the other side!

Acts 26:29

  1. Paul replied, "Whether quickly or not, I pray to God that both you and everyone here in this audience might become the same as I am, except for these chains."

Numbers 16:13

  1. Isn't it enough that you brought us out of Egypt, a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us here in this wilderness, and that you now treat us like your subjects?

Jeremiah 20:14

  1. Yet I curse the day I was born! May the day of my birth not be blessed.
  2. I curse the messenger who told my father, "Good news--you have a son!"
  3. Let him be destroyed like the cities of old that the LORD overthrew without mercy. Terrify him all day long with battle shouts,
  4. for he did not kill me at birth. Oh, that I had died in my mother's womb, that her body had been my grave!
  5. Why was I ever born? My entire life has been filled with trouble, sorrow, and shame.

Deuteronomy 8:3

  1. Yes, he humbled you by letting you go hungry and then feeding you with manna, a food previously unknown to you and your ancestors. He did it to teach you that people need more than bread for their life; real life comes by feeding on every word of the LORD.

Numbers 11:15

  1. I'd rather you killed me than treat me like this. Please spare me this misery!"

Exodus 5:21

  1. The foremen said to them, "May the LORD judge you for getting us into this terrible situation with Pharaoh and his officials. You have given them an excuse to kill us!"

Jeremiah 2:6

  1. They did not ask, `Where is the LORD who brought us safely out of Egypt and led us through the barren wilderness--a land of deserts and pits, of drought and death, where no one lives or even travels?'

2 Corinthians 11:1

  1. I hope you will be patient with me as I keep on talking like a fool. Please bear with me.

Job 3:10

  1. Curse it for its failure to shut my mother's womb, for letting me be born to all this trouble.

Numbers 16:41

  1. But the very next morning the whole community began muttering again against Moses and Aaron, saying, "You two have killed the LORD's people!"

Job 3:20

  1. "Oh, why should light be given to the weary, and life to those in misery?

Exodus 2:23

  1. Years passed, and the king of Egypt died. But the Israelites still groaned beneath their burden of slavery. They cried out for help, and their pleas for deliverance rose up to God.

2 Samuel 18:33

  1. The king was overcome with emotion. He went up to his room over the gateway and burst into tears. And as he went, he cried, "O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I could have died instead of you! O Absalom, my son, my son."

Job 3:1

  1. At last Job spoke, and he cursed the day of his birth.

Jonah 4:8

  1. And as the sun grew hot, God sent a scorching east wind to blow on Jonah. The sun beat down on his head until he grew faint and wished to die. "Death is certainly better than this!" he exclaimed.
  2. Then God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry because the plant died?Yes," Jonah retorted, "even angry enough to die!"
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