they despised

Genesis 25:34
Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau; he ate and drank, and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

Numbers 13:32
So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land they had spied out: "The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature.

Numbers 14:31
But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected--and they will enjoy it.

Matthew 22:5
But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, and another to his business.

Hebrews 12:16
See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.

the pleasant land.

Deuteronomy 8:7-9
For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills; . . .

Deuteronomy 11:11, 12
But the land you are entering to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven. . . .

Jeremiah 3:19
Then I said, 'How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations.' I thought you would call Me 'Father' and never turn away from following Me.

Ezekiel 20:6
On that day I swore to them to bring them out of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.

they believed

Numbers 14:11
And the LORD said to Moses, "How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?

Deuteronomy 1:32
But in spite of all this, you did not trust the LORD your God,

Hebrews 3:12, 18, 19
See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God. . . .

Hebrews 4:2, 6, 14
For we also received the good news, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it. . . .

Jude 1:5
Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.