Lamentations 3:38

New International Version

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:10

But the king said, “What does this have to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the Lord said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why do you do this?’ ”

Job 2:10

He replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

Psalm 75:7

It is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another.

Proverbs 29:26

Many seek an audience with a ruler, but it is from the Lord that one gets justice.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future.

Isaiah 45:7

I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the Lord, do all these things.

Jeremiah 32:42

“This is what the Lord says: As I have brought all this great calamity on this people, so I will give them all the prosperity I have promised them.

Amos 3:6

When a trumpet sounds in a city, do not the people tremble? When disaster comes to a city, has not the Lord caused it?