Lamentations 3:38

New King James Version

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That woe and well-being proceed?

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:10

But the king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? So let him curse, because the Lord has said to him, ‘Curse David.’ Who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’ ”

Job 2:10

But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Psalm 75:7

But God is the Judge: He puts down one, And exalts another.

Proverbs 29:26

Many seek the ruler’s favor, But justice for man comes from the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

In the day of prosperity be joyful, But in the day of adversity consider: Surely God has appointed the one as well as the other, So that man can find out nothing that will come after him.

Isaiah 45:7

I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the Lord, do all these things.’

Jeremiah 32:42

“For thus says the Lord: ‘Just as I have brought all this great calamity on this people, so I will bring on them all the good that I have promised them.

Amos 3:6

If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid? If there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it?