Lamentations 3:33-38
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a for he does not willingly afflict
or b grieve the children of men.
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To crush underfoot
all c the prisoners of the earth,
35
d to deny a man justice
in the presence of the Most High,
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to subvert a man in his lawsuit,
d the Lord does not approve.
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e Who has spoken and it came to pass,
unless the Lord has commanded it?
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f Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that good and bad come?
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Cross References
Hebrews 12:6
For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.
Hebrews 12:10
For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.
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Cross References
Hebrews 12:11
For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
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Cross References
Psalms 107:10
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and in irons.
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Cross References
Habakkuk 1:13
You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong, why do you idly look at traitors and remain silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?
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Cross References
Lamentations 3:35
To deny a man justice in the presence of the Most High.
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Cross References
Psalms 33:9
For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.
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Cross References
Isaiah 45:7
I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the Lord, who does all these things.
Amos 3:6
Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster come to a city, unless the Lord has done it?
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