Lamentations 3:38
Doesn’t evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
In Context
37Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it?
39Why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Cross References
Job 2:10But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips.
Proverbs 29:26Many seek the ruler’s favour, but a man’s justice comes from the LORD.
Isaiah 45:7I form the light and create darkness. I make peace and create calamity. I am the LORD, who does all these things.
Amos 3:6Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and the LORD hasn’t 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 →