Lamentations 3:38
Out of the mouth of the Most High proceedeth not evil and good?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
In Context
37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a strong man because of his sins?
Cross References
Job 2:10But he said unto her: 'Thou speakest as one of the impious women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?' For all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Proverbs 29:26Many seek the ruler's favour; but a man's judgment cometh from the LORD.
Isaiah 45:7I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I am the LORD, that doeth all these things.
Amos 3:6Shall the horn be blown in a city, and the people not tremble? Shall evil befall a city, and the LORD 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 →