Lamentations 3:38
Out of the mouth of the most highest goeth not euyll and good?
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
In Context
37What is he then that saith, there should some thing be done without the Lordes commaundement?
39Wherefore then murmureth the liuing man? let hym murmure at his owne sinne.
Cross References
Proverbs 29:26Many there be that seke the princes fauour: but euery mans iudgement commeth from the Lorde.
Isaiah 45:7It is I that created light and darknesse, I make peace and trouble: yea euen I the Lorde do all these thinges.
Amos 3:6Or shall a trumpet be blowen in the citie, & the people be not afrayde? or shall there be euyll in a citie, and the Lorde hath 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 →