What Does the Bible Say About Whining?

Philippians 2:14 ESV / 30 helpful votes

Do all things without grumbling or disputing,

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 15 helpful votes

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

James 1:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.

Matthew 12:34 ESV / 6 helpful votes

You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Romans 14:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.

Exodus 33:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.”

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, ...

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Jonah 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.

Isaiah 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Genesis 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.

Luke 6:26 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

Matthew 28:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 1 helpful vote

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: “Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.” Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged. Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. ...

Ecclesiastes 9:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.

Job 7:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

As the cloud fades and vanishes, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come up;

Numbers 23:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

Numbers 12:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth.

Exodus 31:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.’”

Exodus 20:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Exodus 20:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,

Exodus 15:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

The Lord is a man of war; the Lord is his name.

Exodus 14:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

The Egyptians pursued them, all Pharaoh's horses and chariots and his horsemen and his army, and overtook them encamped at the sea, by Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.

Exodus 12:40 ESV / 1 helpful vote

The time that the people of Israel lived in Egypt was 430 years.

Exodus 9:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And the next day the Lord did this thing. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one of the livestock of the people of Israel died.

Exodus 6:16-20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, the years of the life of Levi being 137 years. The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their clans. The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, the years of the life of Kohath being 133 years. The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their generations. Amram took as his wife Jochebed his father's sister, and she bore him Aaron and Moses, the years of the life of Amram being 137 years.

Genesis 3:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”

28 Bible Verses about Whining

Philippians 2:14 ESV / 30 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 15 helpful votes

James 1:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Matthew 12:34 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Romans 14:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Exodus 33:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jonah 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 6:26 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 28:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ecclesiastes 9:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Job 7:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Numbers 23:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Numbers 12:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 31:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 20:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 20:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 15:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 14:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 12:40 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 9:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 6:16-20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 3:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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28 Bible Verses about Whining

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Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 1:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Philippians 2:14 ESV / 30 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 15 helpful votes

James 1:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Matthew 12:34 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Romans 14:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Exodus 33:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jonah 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 6:26 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 28:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ecclesiastes 9:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Job 7:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Numbers 23:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Numbers 12:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 31:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 20:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 20:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 15:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 14:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 12:40 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 9:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 6:16-20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 3:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote