Lamentations 3:38
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
Webster Bible
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?
39Why doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Cross References
Job 2:10But he said to her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Proverbs 29:26Many seek the ruler's favor; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.
Isaiah 45:7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things .
Amos 3:6Shalt a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in 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 →