86	GEN 4:6	The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you so angry? Why do you look so annoyed?
317	GEN 12:18	So Pharaoh ordered Abram brought to him and said, “What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife?
318	GEN 12:19	Why did you say, ‘She's my sister,’ and let me take her to become one of my wives? So here's your wife! Take her and leave!”
328	GEN 13:9	You see all this land that's available right in front of you? We have to split up. If you choose to go to the left, I'll go to the right. If you choose to go to the right, I'll go to the left.”
363	GEN 15:2	But Abram replied, “Lord God, what good is whatever you give me? I don't have any children, and the heir to all that I have is Eliezer of Damascus.”
415	GEN 17:17	Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground. But inside he was laughing, asking himself, “How on earth could I have a son at the age of one hundred? How could Sarah have a child when she is ninety?”
437	GEN 18:12	Sarah was laughing inside, saying to herself, “Now that I'm old and worn out, how would I experience pleasure? My husband is old too!”
439	GEN 18:14	Is anything too difficult for the Lord to do? I will come back next year when I said I would, in the spring, and Sarah will have a son.”
442	GEN 18:17	Then the Lord said, “Should I keep from Abraham what I'm going to do?
448	GEN 18:23	Abraham came to him and asked: “Are you really going to wipe out the good people along with the wicked?
449	GEN 18:24	What if there are fifty good people in the town? Are you still going to wipe it out despite the fifty good people there?
453	GEN 18:28	“What if there are forty-five good people, just five less? Are you still going to wipe out the whole town just because there are five fewer people?” “I won't destroy it if I find forty-five,” the Lord replied.
463	GEN 19:5	They shouted out to Lot, “Where are the men who came to stay with you tonight? Bring them out here to us so we can have sex with them.”
467	GEN 19:9	“Out of our way!” they shouted. “Who do you think you are, coming to live here and now trying to judge us? We'll do even worse things to you than we were going to do to these men!” They rushed forward at Lot and tried to break down the door.
470	GEN 19:12	The two men asked Lot, “Is there anyone else here who's part of your family—sons-in-law, or sons or daughters, or anyone else in the town? If there are, make sure they leave,
500	GEN 20:4	Abimelech hadn't touched Sarah, and he asked, “Lord, do you kill good people?
505	GEN 20:9	Then Abimelech summoned Abraham and asked him “What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you should treat me like this, bringing this terrible sin on me and my kingdom? You've done things to me that no one should ever do!”
521	GEN 21:7	She also said, “Would anyone have announced to Abraham that Sarah was going to have children to nurse? But now I have had a son for Abraham even when he was old!”
531	GEN 21:17	God heard the boy's cries, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her, “What's the matter, Hagar? Don't be afraid! God has heard the boy crying from where he is.
587	GEN 23:15	“My lord, please listen to me. The land is worth four hundred pieces of silver. But what's that between us? Go and bury your dead.”
615	GEN 24:23	Then he asked her, “Whose daughter are you? Also could you tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?”
623	GEN 24:31	“Please come home with me, you who are blessed by the Lord,” said Laban. “What are you standing out here for? I've got a room at home ready for you, and a place for the camels to stay.”
641	GEN 24:49	So please tell me now, will you show commitment and faithfulness to my master? Please tell me yes or no so I can decide what to do next.”
730	GEN 27:2	“I'm old now,” said Isaac, “I may die soon, who knows?
761	GEN 27:33	Isaac started to shake all over and asked, “So who was it who went hunting game and then brought it to me? I ate it all before you came back and I blessed him. His blessing will remain.”
821	GEN 29:25	When morning came, he saw it was Leah! He went to Laban and asked angrily, “What have you done to me? It was for Rachel that I worked for you! Why have you deceived me?”
833	GEN 30:2	Jacob became angry with Rachel and told her, “Am I God? Do you think I'm the one stopping you having children?”
901	GEN 31:27	Why did you run away in secret, trying to trick me? Why didn't you come and tell me? I would have given you a good send-off, a celebration with singing and the music of tambourines and lyres.
910	GEN 31:36	Jacob got angry with Laban and confronted him, saying, “What crime am I guilty of? What wrong have I done to you that you've come hunting me down?
911	GEN 31:37	You've searched through all my possessions. Did you find anything belonging to you? If you did, bring it out here before my relatives and yours so they can decide who's right!
917	GEN 31:43	Laban replied, “These are my daughters and these are my children and these are my flocks! In fact, everything you see here is mine! However, what can I do now about my daughters and their children?
1004	GEN 34:23	If that happens, won't all their livestock and property—all their animals—end up belonging to us? We just have to agree to this and they will come and live among us.”
1094	GEN 37:10	He also told his father as well as his brothers, and his father told him off, saying, “What's this dream that you've had? Are we—I and your mother and brothers—really going to come and bow down to the ground before you?”
1111	GEN 37:27	Instead, why don't we sell him to these Ishmaelites? We don't have to kill him. After all he's our brother, our own flesh and blood.” His brothers agreed.
1181	GEN 40:8	“We've both had dreams but can't find anyone to explain what they mean,” they said. So Joseph told them, “Isn't God the one who can interpret the meaning of dreams? Tell me your dreams.”
1254	GEN 42:1	When Jacob found out grain was available in Egypt, he asked his sons, “Why do you keep on looking at each other to do something?
1318	GEN 43:27	He asked how they were, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father doing that you spoke of? Is he still alive?”
1329	GEN 44:4	They had hardly left the city when Joseph told his household supervisor, “Go after those men, and when you catch up with them, ask them, ‘Why have you paid back good with evil by stealing my master's silver cup?
1333	GEN 44:8	Remember that we brought back the money we found at the top of our sacks when we returned from Canaan. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master's house?
1341	GEN 44:16	“My lord, what can we say?” Judah replied. “How can we explain this to you? In what way can we prove our innocence? God has exposed the guilt of your servants. My lord, we are your slaves—all of us, including the one who was found with the cup.”
1359	GEN 44:34	For how could I ever go back to my father if the boy wasn't with me? I couldn't stand seeing the anguish that would cause my father.”
1436	GEN 47:15	Once the money from Egypt and Canaan had run out, the Egyptians all came to Joseph and demanded, “Give us food! Do you want us to die right in front of you? All our money is gone!”
1440	GEN 47:19	Do you want us to die right in front of you? So buy us and our land in return for food. Then our land will belong to Pharaoh, and we'll be his slaves. Just give us grain so we can live and won't die, and so the land won't be abandoned.”
1483	GEN 49:9	My son Judah is a young lion coming back from eating its prey. He crouches and lies down like a lion. Like a lion, who would dare to disturb him?
1526	GEN 50:19	“You don't need to be afraid!” he told them. “I don't stand in the place of God, do I?
1575	EXO 2:20	“So where is he?” Reuel asked his daughter. “You didn't just leave him there, did you? Go and invite him to eat with us!”
1591	EXO 3:11	But Moses said to God, “Why me? I'm a nobody! I couldn't go to Pharaoh and lead the Israelites out of Egypt!”
1613	EXO 4:11	“Who gave people mouths?” the Lord asked him. “Who makes people deaf or dumb, able to see or blind? It's I, the Lord, who does that.
1648	EXO 5:15	The Israelite supervisors went to Pharaoh to complain, saying, “Why are you treating us your servants like this?
1655	EXO 5:22	Moses went back to the Lord and complained, “Why have you caused all this trouble for your own people, Lord? Was this why you sent me?
1781	EXO 10:3	Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long are you going to refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they can worship me.
1785	EXO 10:7	Pharaoh's officials came to him and asked, “How long are you going to let this man cause us trouble? Let these people go so they can worship the Lord their God. Don't you realize that Egypt has been destroyed?”
1895	EXO 14:5	When the king of Egypt found out that the Israelites had left in a hurry, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about what had happened and said, “What have we done? We have let all these Israelite slaves go!”
1901	EXO 14:11	They complained to Moses, “Were there no graves in Egypt that you had to bring us out here in the desert to die? What have you done to us by making us leave Egypt?
1905	EXO 14:15	The Lord told Moses, “Why are you crying out to me for help? Tell the Israelites to move forward.
1932	EXO 15:11	Who is like you among the gods, Lord? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, awesome in wonder, doing miracles?
1955	EXO 16:7	and in the morning you will see the glory of the Lord displayed as he responds to the complaints he's heard you making against him. For why should you be complaining to us? We're nobodies!”
1956	EXO 16:8	Then Moses continued, “The Lord is going to give you meat to eat this evening and as much bread as you want in the morning, for he has heard your complaints against him. Why are you complaining to us nobodies? Your complaints aren't directed against us, but against the Lord.”
1976	EXO 16:28	The Lord told Moses, “How long are you going to refuse to obey my commands and instructions?
1987	EXO 17:3	But the people were so thirsty for water there that they went on complaining to Moses, saying, “Why did you have to bring us out of Egypt? Are you trying to kill us and our children and livestock by thirst?”
1988	EXO 17:4	Moses cried out to the Lord, “What am I going to do with these people? A bit more of this and they're going to stone me!”
2014	EXO 18:14	When his father-in-law saw everything that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What's all this you're doing for the people? Why are you sitting alone as judge, with everyone presenting their cases to you from morning to evening?”
2141	EXO 22:26	because it's the only clothing he has for his body. What would he sleep in otherwise? If he calls out to me for help, I will listen, for I am considerate.
2450	EXO 32:11	But Moses pleaded with the Lord his God, saying, “Why are you angry with the people you brought out of the land of Egypt with tremendous power and great strength?
2490	EXO 33:16	“How will others know that you are happy with me, and with your people, if you don't accompany us? How would anyone tell us apart—me and your people—from every other people who live on the earth?”
4029	NUM 11:4	A group of troublemakers among them had such intense food cravings they affected the Israelites who started crying again, asking “Who's going to get us some meat to eat?
4036	NUM 11:11	He asked the Lord, “Why have you made things so tough for me, your servant? Why are you so unhappy with me that you have placed on me the heavy responsibility for all these people?
4037	NUM 11:12	Are they my children? Did I give birth to them, so you could tell me, ‘Hold them close to your chest like a nurse carrying a baby’ and take them to the land you promised to give to their forefathers?
4038	NUM 11:13	Where am I supposed to get meat for all of them? They keep on complaining to me, ‘Get us some meat to eat!’
4043	NUM 11:18	Tell the people: Purify yourselves, for tomorrow you'll have meat to eat, because you were complaining and the Lord heard you saying, ‘Who's going to get us some meat to eat? We were better off in Egypt!’ So the Lord is going to provide you with meat to eat.
4047	NUM 11:22	Even if all our flocks and herds were slaughtered, would that be enough for them? Even if all the fish in the sea were caught, would that be enough for them?”
4074	NUM 12:14	But the Lord replied to Moses, “If her father had spit in her face wouldn't she have been disgraced for seven days? Keep her in isolation outside the camp for seven days, and then she can be taken back in.”
4094	NUM 13:18	See what the place looks like, and find out about the people living there—are they strong or weak? Are there many of them or only a few?
4095	NUM 13:19	Is the land where they're living good or bad? Are their towns like open camps, or do they have defensive walls?
4096	NUM 13:20	Is the soil productive or not? Is it forested? Be brave, and bring back some of the country's fruit.” (It was the beginning of the grape harvest.)
4112	NUM 14:3	Why is the Lord taking us to this country only to get us killed? Our wives and children will be captured and taken away as slaves! Wouldn't we be better off going back to Egypt?”
4120	NUM 14:11	The Lord told Moses, “How long are these people going to reject me? How long are these people going to refuse to trust in me despite all the miracles I have done right in front of them?
4136	NUM 14:27	“How much longer are these wicked people going to criticize me? I've heard what they're saying, making complaints against me.
4150	NUM 14:41	But Moses objected. “Why are you disobeying the Lord's command? You won't succeed in your plan!
4204	NUM 16:9	Do you think it's something insignificant that the God of Israel chose you from all the other Israelites and allowed you to approach him and carry out the work in the Lord's Tabernacle, to stand before the Israelites and serve them?
4208	NUM 16:13	Haven't you done enough by taking us away from a land flowing with milk and honey in order to kill us out here in the desert? Do you have to make yourself a dictator as well, someone to rule us?
4209	NUM 16:14	On top of that you haven't taken us to a land flowing with milk and honey or given us fields and vineyards to own. Do you really think you can fool everyone? No, we will not attend!”
4257	NUM 17:27	Then the Israelites came and told Moses, “Can't you see we're all going to die? We'll be destroyed! We're all going to be killed!
4316	NUM 20:4	Why have you brought the Lord's people into this desert just so we and our livestock can die here?
4317	NUM 20:5	Why did you lead us out of Egypt to come to this awful place? Nothing grows here—no grain or figs or vines or pomegranates. And there's no water to drink!”
4346	NUM 21:5	and made complaints against God and against Moses, saying, “Why did you lead us out of Egypt to die in the desert? We don't have bread or water, and we hate this awful food!”
4406	NUM 22:30	But the donkey asked Balaam, “Aren't I the donkey you've ridden all your life right up to today? Have I ever treated you this way before?” “No,” he admitted.
4408	NUM 22:32	The angel of the Lord asked him, “Why did you beat your donkey three times? Listen, I have come to confront you because you're being obstinate.
4413	NUM 22:37	He said to Balaam, “Didn't you think my call for you to come was urgent? Why didn't you come to me straight away? Did you think I couldn't pay you enough?”
4414	NUM 22:38	“Look, I'm here with you now, aren't I?” Balaam replied. “But do you think I can just say anything? I can only speak the words that God gives me to say.”
4425	NUM 23:8	But how can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I condemn what the Lord has not condemned?
4427	NUM 23:10	Who can count Jacob's descendants? They are so many they're like dust! Who can count even a quarter of the Israelites? I would like to die as a good person dies! Let the end of my life be like their end!”
4428	NUM 23:11	Then Balak complained to Balaam, “What on earth have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, and now look! All you have done is bless them!”
4436	NUM 23:19	God isn't a human being who would lie. He's not a mere mortal who changes his mind. Does he say he's going to do something but doesn't? Does he make promises he doesn't carry out?
4460	NUM 24:13	that even if you gave me your whole palace full of silver and gold, I couldn't do anything I wanted or disobey the command of the Lord my God in any way? I can only say what the Lord tells me.
4470	NUM 24:23	Then Balaam gave another declaration, saying, “It's a tragedy! Who can survive when God does this?
4560	NUM 27:4	Why should our family name be lost simply because he didn't have a son? Give us land to own alongside our uncles.”
4726	NUM 32:6	In reply Moses asked the tribes of Gad and Reuben, “Are you expecting your brothers to go and fight while you just sit here?
4727	NUM 32:7	Why discourage the Israelites from crossing into the country that the Lord has given them?
4906	DEU 1:12	But how can I take on all your troubles, burdens, and arguments just by myself?