Lamentations 3:39

New King James Version

Why should a living man complain, A man for the punishment of his sins?

Cross References

2 Kings 3:13

Then Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and the prophets of your mother.” But the king of Israel said to him, “No, for the Lord has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”

2 Kings 6:32

But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. And the king sent a man ahead of him, but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, “Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent someone to take away my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door. Is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?”

2 Kings 6:33

And while he was still talking with them, there was the messenger, coming down to him; and then the king said, “Surely this calamity is from the Lord; why should I wait for the Lord any longer?”

Ezra 9:13

And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, since You our God have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such deliverance as this,

Job 11:6

That He would show you the secrets of wisdom! For they would double your prudence. Know therefore that God exacts from you Less than your iniquity deserves.

Job 15:13

That you turn your spirit against God, And let such words go out of your mouth?

Psalm 107:17

Fools, because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.

Proverbs 19:3

The foolishness of a man twists his way, And his heart frets against the Lord.

Isaiah 51:20

Your sons have fainted, They lie at the head of all the streets, Like an antelope in a net; They are full of the fury of the Lord, The rebuke of your God.

Jeremiah 10:19

Woe is me for my hurt! My wound is severe. But I say, “Truly this is an infirmity, And I must bear it.”

Jeremiah 30:15

Why do you cry about your affliction? Your sorrow is incurable. Because of the multitude of your iniquities, Because your sins have increased, I have done these things to you.

Lamentations 3:22

Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not.

Leviticus 26:41

and that I also have walked contrary to them and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if their uncircumcised hearts are humbled, and they accept their guilt—

Leviticus 26:43

The land also shall be left empty by them, and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them; they will accept their guilt, because they despised My judgments and because their soul abhorred My statutes.

Micah 7:9

I will bear the indignation of the Lord, Because I have sinned against Him, Until He pleads my case And executes justice for me. He will bring me forth to the light; I will see His righteousness.

Numbers 11:11

So Moses said to the Lord, “Why have You afflicted Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid the burden of all these people on me?

Numbers 16:41

On the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the people of the Lord.”

Numbers 17:12

So the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Surely we die, we perish, we all perish!

Revelation 16:9

And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.