Psalms 106:24 · KJV
“Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: {the pleasant...: Heb. a land of desire}”
— Psalms 106:24
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy {them}.
But murmured in their tents, {and} hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
Psalms 106 — Context
Wondrous works in the land of Ham, {and} terrible things by the Red sea.
23Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy {them}.
24Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: {the pleasant...: Heb. a land of desire}
25But murmured in their tents, {and} hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
26Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness: {to overthrow: Heb. to make them fall}
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:32
Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,
Numbers 14:31
But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
Hebrews 3:18-19
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
Ezekiel 20:6
In the day {that} I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which {is} the glory of all lands:
Hebrews 4:6
Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: {it was: or, the gospel was}
Deuteronomy 8:7-9
For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
Matthew 22:5
And the remnant took his servants, and entreated {them} spitefully, and slew {them}.
Hebrews 3:12
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.