Lamentations 3:38
Out of the mouth of the most high proceedeth not euill and good?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
In Context
37Who is he then that sayth, and it commeth to passe, and the Lord commandeth it not?
39Wherefore then is the liuing man sorowfull? man suffreth for his sinne.
Cross References
Job 2:10But he said vnto her, Thou speakest like a foolish woman: what? shall we receiue good at the hande of God, and not receiue euill? In all this did not Iob sinne with his lippes.
Proverbs 29:26Many doe seeke the face of the ruler: but euery mans iudgement commeth from the Lord.
Isaiah 45:7I forme the light and create darkenes: I make peace and create euill: I the Lord doe all these things.
Amos 3:6Or shall a trumpet be blowen in the citie, and the people be not afraide? or shall there be euil in a citie, 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 →