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Psalm 106:13

They soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel,

11The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left.
12Then they believed his words. They sang his praise.
13They soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel,
14but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland.
15He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.
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“Soon” makes the turn from praise to forgetfulness unsettling: the people who had sung about God’s rescue would not wait for his counsel.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Galatians 1:6I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different “good news”,Both passages stress how little time passed before people turned away from God’s works or his gracious call.
Psalm 78:11They forgot his doings, his wondrous deeds that he had shown them.Both psalms name the same failure: the people forgot the works God had done before them.
Exodus 15:24Both concern Israel’s response in hardship: the psalm names forgetfulness, while Exodus records a complaint to Moses about water.
Luke 17:17Jesus answered, “Weren’t the ten cleansed? But where are the nine?Both texts describe troubling responses after divine help, though Jesus’s question about the absent nine does not name forgetfulness.
Exodus 16:2The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;Both describe Israel’s failures in the wilderness, with Exodus naming complaints against Moses and Aaron.
Isaiah 48:17–18The LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.God’s guidance connects these passages: the psalm names his counsel, and Isaiah describes him teaching and leading his people.
Proverbs 1:25but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;Counsel goes unheeded in both passages: Israel fails to wait for God’s counsel, while Proverbs describes wisdom’s counsel being ignored.
Psalm 107:11because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.Both psalms describe people disregarding God’s counsel, with Psalm 107 naming their response as rebellion and contempt.
Exodus 17:2Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?”The surrounding psalm passage and Exodus both name testing God, with Exodus recording the people’s demand for water.
Proverbs 1:30They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.Both passages describe rejected counsel, though Proverbs also names contempt for wisdom’s reproof.
Exodus 16:28The LORD said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?Both portray Israel disregarding God’s direction: the psalm names his counsel, while Exodus names his commandments and laws.
Psalm 9:17The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.Forgetting connects these psalms: Psalm 106 names forgotten works, while Psalm 9 speaks of nations that forget God.
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Something small to carry out of this verse

Reread Psalm 106:11–15 and mark the change after praise

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Encouragement

The warning is sobering: songs of praise can be followed by forgotten works. God’s past help deserves remembrance, and his counsel deserves patient attention.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).