Lamentations 3:38
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
*Out of the mouth of the most hie proceedeth not euill and good?
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- *Cross-referenceAmos 3.6
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- Isaiah 45:7Rank 1 from verse 38
- Jeremiah 32:42Rank 3 from verse 38
42For 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.
42For thus sayth the LORD, Like as I haue brought all this great euill vpon this people, so will I bring vpon them all the good that I haue promised them.
10But 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.
10But he said vnto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh; what? shall wee receiue good at the hand of God, and shall wee not receiue euill? In all this did not Iob sinne with his lippes.
- Psalms 75:7Rank 5 from verse 38
- Proverbs 29:26Rank 6 from verse 38
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Lamentations 3:38
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.
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A title of God as the supreme ruler, who rules in the kingdom of men and gives it to whomsoever he will.
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Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.
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proceedeth
Goes forth, comes out, or continues onward.
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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.
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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.
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37¶ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
37¶ *Who is hee that sayth, and it commeth to passe, when the LORD commandeth it not?
38Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
38*Out of the mouth of the most hie proceedeth not euill and good?
Selected passage39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
39‖Wherefore doeth a liuing man complaine, a man for the punishment of his sinnes?