Lamentations 3:39 · KJV
“Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? {complain: or, murmur}”
— Lamentations 3:39
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
Lamentations 3 — Context
Who {is} he {that} saith, and it cometh to pass, {when} the Lord commandeth {it} not?
38Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? {complain: or, murmur}
40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
41Let us lift up our heart with {our} hands unto God in the heavens.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:3
The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
Micah 7:9
I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, {and} I shall behold his righteousness.
Jeremiah 30:15
Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow {is} incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: {because} thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
Genesis 4:5-7
But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
Isaiah 51:20
Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.
2 Samuel 6:7-8
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for {his} error; and there he died by the ark of God. {error: or, rashness}
Isaiah 38:17-19
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul {delivered it} from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. {for peace...: or, on my peace came great bitterness} {thou hast in...: Heb. thou hast loved my soul from the pit}
2 Kings 6:32
But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and {the king} sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: {is} not the sound of his master's feet behind him?