Lamentations 3:38
Lamentations · Old Testament · Chapter 3
“Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?”Lamentations 3:38
What Does Lamentations 3:38 Mean?
Lamentations 3:38 is found in the book of Lamentations, chapter 3, verse 38 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 14 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (14)
These passages are connected to Lamentations 3:38 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Job 2:10“But he said unto 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.”Isaiah 45:7“I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.”Amos 3:6“Shall 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?”Jeremiah 32:42“For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.”Psalms 75:7“But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.”Genesis 1:31“And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.”Job 1:21“And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”Proverbs 29:26“Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every man’s judgment cometh from the LORD.”Psalms 62:1“Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.”Daniel 4:34“And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:”Job 20:29“This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.”2 Samuel 16:10“And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?”Job 5:6“Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;”Daniel 5:18“O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:”
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