Lamentations 3:33

KJV1611 – Modern English

For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men.

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  • Ezek 33:11 : 11 Say to them, As I live, says the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn back, turn back from your evil ways; for why will you die, O house of Israel?
  • Heb 12:9-9 : 9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we respected them: shall we not much more be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but he for our benefit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
  • Ezek 18:32 : 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies, says the Lord GOD: therefore turn yourselves, and live.
  • Isa 28:21 : 21 For the LORD shall rise up as in Mount Perazim, he shall be angry as in the Valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his unusual act.

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