Lamentations 3:38
From the mouth of the Most High does not go forth the evils and the good.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
In Context
37Who [is] this—he has spoken, and it is, || [And] the Lord has not commanded [it]?
39Why does a living man sigh habitually, || A man for his sin?
Cross References
Job 2:10And he says to her, “As one of the foolish women speaks, you speak; indeed, do we receive the good from God, and we do not receive the bad?” In all this Job has not sinned with his lips.
Proverbs 29:26Many are seeking the face of a ruler, || And the judgment of each [is] from YHWH.
Isaiah 45:7Forming light, and creating darkness, || Making peace, and creating calamity, || I [am] YHWH, doing all these things.
Amos 3:6Is a horn blown in a city, || And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city, || And YHWH 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 →