Psalm 106:24 “They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.”

Psalm 106:24

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

World English Bible

Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn’t believe his word,

American Standard Version

Yea, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word,

Geneva Bible 1599

Also they contemned that pleasant land, and beleeued not his worde,

Darby Translation

And they despised the pleasant land; they believed not his word,

Young's Literal Translation

And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word.

Bible in Basic English

They were disgusted with the good land; they had no belief in his word;

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Cross references

“they despised”

Numbers 14:31 Matthew 22:5 Hebrews 12:16 Genesis 25:34 Numbers 13:32

Numbers 14:31 · BSB

But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it.

Matthew 22:5 · BSB

But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.

Hebrews 12:16 · BSB

See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.

Genesis 25:34 · BSB

Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

Numbers 13:32 · BSB

So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature.

“the pleasant land”

Ezekiel 20:6 Deuteronomy 8:7–9 Jeremiah 3:19 Deuteronomy 11:11 Deuteronomy 11:12

Ezekiel 20:6 · BSB

On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.

Deuteronomy 8:7–9 · BSB

For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;

Jeremiah 3:19 · BSB

Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.

Deuteronomy 11:11 · BSB

But the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven.

Deuteronomy 11:12 · BSB

It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year.

“they believed”

Deuteronomy 1:32 Hebrews 4:6 Hebrews 3:12 Hebrews 4:2 Jude 1:5 Numbers 14:11

Deuteronomy 1:32 · BSB

But in spite of all this, you did not trust the LORD your God,

Hebrews 4:6 · BSB

Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience,

Hebrews 3:12 · BSB

See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.

Hebrews 4:2 · BSB

For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.

Jude 1:5 · BSB

Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.

Numbers 14:11 · BSB

And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?

Also

Deuteronomy 9:23

Deuteronomy 9:23 · BSB

And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him.

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

In context

23So 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.

25They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.

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