Lamentations 3:38
Out of the mouth of the Most High does there not come evil and good.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
In Context
37Who is he that says, and it comes to pass, when LORD does not command it?
39Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Cross References
Job 2:10But he said to her, Thou speak as one of the foolish women speaks. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Proverbs 29:26Many seek the ruler's favor, but a man's justice [is] from LORD.
Isaiah 45:7I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create evil. I am LORD who does all these things.
Amos 3:6Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? Shall evil befall a city, and LORD has not done it?
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:38-42
The Duties of the Afflicted. ( b. c. 588.) 37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? 38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? 39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? 40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord . 41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. That we may be entitled to the comforts administered to the afflicted in the foregoing verses , and may taste the… Read the whole commentary →