Lamentations 3:38
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
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Referenced Verses
- Isa 45:7 : 7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
- Job 2:10 : 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.
- Amos 3:6 : 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?
- Jer 32:42 : 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.
- Ps 75:7 : 7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
- Prov 29:26 : 26 Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.
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35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
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39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
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10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
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3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
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13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
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21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
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2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
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12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
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23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
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3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
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35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
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6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
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10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
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33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
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2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
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3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
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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?
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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.
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30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
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10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
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6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
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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?
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7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
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13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
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22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.
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13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
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4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
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26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
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13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
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20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
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27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
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20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
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18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
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22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
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17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
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11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
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1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
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16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
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4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.