"To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not. {approveth not: or, seeth not}" — Lamentations 3:36

Lamentations 3:36 · KJV

“To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not. {approveth not: or, seeth not}”

— Lamentations 3:36

Verse 35

To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, {the most High: or, a superior}

Verse 37

Who {is} he {that} saith, and it cometh to pass, {when} the Lord commandeth {it} not?

Lamentations 3 — Context

To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, {the most High: or, a superior}

To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not. {approveth not: or, seeth not}

Who {is} he {that} saith, and it cometh to pass, {when} the Lord commandeth {it} not?

Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?

Cross References

Isaiah 59:15

Yea, truth faileth; and he {that} departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw {it}, and it displeased him that {there was} no judgment. {maketh...: or, is accounted mad} {it displeased...: Heb. it was evil in his eyes}

Habakkuk 1:13

{Thou art} of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, {and} holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth {the man that is} more righteous than he? {iniquity: or, grievance}

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

2 Samuel 11:27

And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD. {displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of}