Proverbs 16:4
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The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.
In other translations
The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Romans 9:22What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?
- Isaiah 43:21This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.
- 2 Peter 2:9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
- Isaiah 43:7Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”
- 1 Peter 2:8And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.
- Revelation 4:11Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”
- 2 Peter 2:3And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
- Job 21:30That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
- Romans 11:36For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.
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