Quotes about Grumbling

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

So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.

‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’

And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”

“Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus replied.

Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.

Aware that His disciples were grumbling about this teaching, Jesus asked them, “Does this offend you?

And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.

Don't let your mandate come from the grumbling of the crowd. Get your cues from God and the mission He has given you.

There are many things that happen every day that we could murmur about if we let ourselves go there. But they really aren't worth the effort it takes to get upset and gripe about it.

When it comes to the nitty-gritty, what ties these threads of biblical narrative together into a revelation of God's love is that God has commanded us to refrain from grumbling about the dailiness of life. Instead we are meant to accept it as a reality that humbles us even as it gives cause for praise. The rhythm of sunrise and sunset marks a passage of time that marks each day rich with the possibility of salvation.

The antithesis of giving thanks is grumbling. The grumblers live in a state of self-induced stress.