Lamentations 3:38
When the Most High speaks it can be a disaster or a blessing.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
In Context
37Who spoke and it came into existence? Wasn't it the Lord who commanded it?
39Why should any human being complain about the results of their sins?
Cross References
Job 2:10But he told her, “You're talking just like any foolish woman would! Should we receive only good from God, and not evil?” Despite all this, Job said nothing sinful.
Proverbs 29:26Many people look for favors from a ruler, but justice comes from the Lord.
Isaiah 45:7I create light, and I make darkness, I bring peace and I bring about disaster. I am the Lord and I do all this.
Amos 3:6When the trumpet sounds in the city, shouldn't the people be alarmed? When a disaster comes to a city, isn't it the Lord who does 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 →