Psalm 106:13 “Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.”

Psalm 106:13

Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

World English Bible

They soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel,

American Standard Version

They soon forgat his works; They waited not for his counsel,

Geneva Bible 1599

But incontinently they forgate his workes: they wayted not for his counsell,

Darby Translation

They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel:

Young's Literal Translation

They have hasted — forgotten His works, They have not waited for His counsel.

Bible in Basic English

But their memory of his works was short; not waiting to be guided by him,

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Cross references

“They soon forgat”

Psalm 78:11 Exodus 15:24 Exodus 16:2 Exodus 17:7 Exodus 15:17

Psalm 78:11 · BSB

They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.

Exodus 15:24 · BSB

So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”

Exodus 16:2 · BSB

And there in the desert the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron.

Exodus 17:7 · BSB

He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”

Exodus 15:17 · BSB

You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance— the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.

“waited”

Proverbs 1:25 Proverbs 1:30 Isaiah 48:17 Isaiah 48:18

Proverbs 1:25 · BSB

because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,

Proverbs 1:30 · BSB

They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.

Isaiah 48:17 · BSB

Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.

Isaiah 48:18 · BSB

If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.

Also

Psalm 107:11 Exodus 17:2

Psalm 107:11 · BSB

because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.

Exodus 17:2 · BSB

So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.

14They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.

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