Lamentations 3:38
Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
In Context
37Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
39Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?
Cross References
Job 2:10“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
Proverbs 29:26Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD.
Isaiah 45:7I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
Amos 3:6If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused 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 →