Lamentations 3:38
Mem. Shall not both evil and good proceed out of the mouth of the Highest?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
In Context
37Mem. Who is he that hath commanded a thing to be done, when the Lord commandeth it not?
39Mem. Why hath a living man murmured, man suffering for his sins?
Cross References
Job 2:10And he said to her: Thou hast; spoken like one of the foolish women: if we have received good things at the hand of God, why should we not receive evil? In all these things Job did not sin with his lips.
Proverbs 29:26Many seek the face of the prince: but the judgment of every one cometh forth from the Lord.
Isaiah 45:7I form the light, and create darkness, I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord that do all these things.
Amos 3:6Shall the trumpet sound in a city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, which the Lord hath not done?
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 →