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Lamentations 3:38-41 KJV
Lamentations · chapter 3 · verses 38–41 · King James Version
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? 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.Lamentations 3:38-41 · King James Version
Lamentations 3:38-41 in context
36To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not.
37Who 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?
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.
42We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
43Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
Cross references
- Isaiah 45:7
- Amos 3:6
- Jeremiah 32:42
- Job 2:10
- Psalms 75:7
- 2 Corinthians 13:5
- Psalms 139:23-24
- Joel 2:12-13
- Psalms 4:4
- Isaiah 55:7
- Psalms 119:59
- Haggai 1:5-9
Key words (Strong's)
- proceedethyâtsâʼto go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and…H3318 →
- complainʼânanto mournH596 →
- livingchayaliveH2416 →
- searchchâphasto seekH2664 →
- mouthpehthe mouth , whether literal or figurativeH6310 →
- heartlêbâbthe heartH3824 →
- handskaphthe hollow hand or palmH3709 →
- Highʻelyôwnan elevationH5945 →
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