Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling
Synonyms for Complaining: Grudge, whine, complaint, grumble, moan, grouse, gripe, grievance, beef, grouch, whinge, wail, fuss, lament, carp, kvetch, and murmur
Exodus 16:8-9 (NIV)
Moses also said, “You will know that it was the Lord when he gives you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against the Lord .” 9. Then Moses told Aaron, “Say to the entire Israelite community, ‘Come before the Lord, for he has heard your grumbling.’ ”
Numbers 11:1 (NIV)
Now the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the Lord, and when he heard them his anger was aroused. Then fire from the Lord burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.
Luke 5:30-32 (NIV)
But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” 31. Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
John 6:43 (NIV)
“Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered.
1 Corinthians 10:9-10 (NIV)
We should not test Christ, as some of them did—and were killed by snakes. 10. And do not grumble, as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel.
Ephesians 4:29 (NIV)
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
Philippians 2:14 (NIV)
Do everything without grumbling or arguing,
Colossians 3:8 (NIV)
But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NIV)
give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
James 4:1 (NIV)
What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?
James 5:9 (NIV)
Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door!
1 Peter 4:9 (NIV)
“Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered.
Jude 1:16 (NIV)
These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.
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