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Psalm 78:32
For all this they still sinned, and didn’t believe in his wondrous works.
30They didn’t turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,
31when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of their strongest, and struck down the young men of Israel.
32For all this they still sinned, and didn’t believe in his wondrous works.
33Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.
34When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
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The word “still” makes Israel’s persistence in sin hard to overlook: even God’s wondrous works and the deaths described just before had not brought trust.
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Hebrews 11:6Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.Both texts center on belief in God: the psalm records unbelief, while Hebrews says faith is needed to please him.
Numbers 14:11The LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me? How long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have worked among them?Both describe Israel’s unbelief despite the works God had done among them.
John 12:37But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they didn’t believe in him,Both describe people who had witnessed wondrous works or signs yet remained without belief.
Ezekiel 20:13“‘“But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They didn’t walk in my statutes and they rejected my ordinances, which if a man keeps, he …Both recount Israel’s sin against God; Ezekiel names rejected commands, while the psalm names unbelief despite his works.
Psalm 78:22because they didn’t believe in God, and didn’t trust in his salvation.Both verses name Israel’s unbelief, linking distrust of God’s salvation with failure to believe in his wondrous works.
Luke 16:31“He said to him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.’”Both challenge the expectation that a wondrous act will ensure belief, with Luke naming resurrection as an example.
John 20:25The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, put my finger into …Both name unbelief, though John records a demand for direct evidence and the psalm describes unbelief despite God’s works.
Psalm 78:11They forgot his doings, his wondrous deeds that he had shown them.Both name God’s wondrous deeds shown to Israel, with one verse describing forgetfulness and the other unbelief.
Numbers 14:1–45All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.Both passages concern Israel, though the supplied Numbers verse describes the congregation’s weeping without naming sin or unbelief.
2 Kings 17:14Notwithstanding, they would not listen, but hardened their neck like the neck of their fathers who didn’t believe in the LORD their God.Both recount unbelief in Israel’s history, and Kings compares those who refused to listen with their unbelieving fathers.
Numbers 21:1–6The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South, heard that Israel came by the way of Atharim. He fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.The shared thread is Israel’s history; the supplied Numbers verse describes attack and captivity without naming sin or unbelief.
Numbers 25:1–18Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab;Both describe Israel sinning, with Numbers naming prostitution involving the daughters of Moab and the psalm emphasizing continued unbelief.
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This warning deserves a slow reading. God’s wondrous works had been shown to Israel, yet seeing them had not ensured faith or obedience.
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