Verse 6

For evil does not come up from the dust, nor does trouble spring up from the ground,

Referenced Verses

• Deut 32:27 : 27 But I fear the reaction of their enemies, for their adversaries would misunderstand and say,“Our power is great, and the LORD has not done all this!”’
• 1 Sam 6:9 : 9 But keep an eye on it. If it should go up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has brought this great calamity on us. But if that is not the case, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us; rather, it just happened to us by accident.”
• Job 34:29 : 29 But if God is quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, then who can see him? Yet he is over the individual and the nation alike,
• Ps 90:7 : 7 Yes, we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath.
• Isa 45:7 : 7 I am the one who forms light and creates darkness; the one who brings about peace and creates calamity. I am the LORD, who accomplishes all these things.
• Lam 3:38 : 38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that everything comes– both calamity and blessing?
• Hos 10:4 : 4 They utter empty words, taking false oaths and making empty agreements. Therefore legal disputes sprout up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a plowed field.
• Amos 3:6 : 6 If an alarm sounds in a city, do people not fear? If disaster overtakes a city, is the LORD not responsible?
• Heb 12:15 : 15 See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up and causing trouble, and through it many become defiled.