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Lamentations 3:37
Lamentations 3:37 is verse 37 of Lamentations chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
King James Version
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
World English Bible
Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it?
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Lamentations 3:35–39 · Berean Standard Bible
35 to deny a man justice before the Most High,
36 to subvert a man in his lawsuit— of these the Lord does not approve.
37 Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
38 Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
39 Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 33:9For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
Psalms 33:10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
Psalms 33:11The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.
Proverbs 16:9A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
Proverbs 19:21Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
Isaiah 46:10I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
Daniel 4:35All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
Romans 9:15For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
Ephesians 1:11In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
James 4:13Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”
James 4:14You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
James 4:15Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”