Proverbs 16:4 · KJV
“The LORD hath made all {things} for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.”
— Proverbs 16:4
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. {Commit: Heb. Roll}
Every one {that is} proud in heart {is} an abomination to the LORD: {though} hand {join} in hand, he shall not be unpunished. {unpunished: Heb. held innocent}
Proverbs 16 — Context
All the ways of a man {are} clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
3Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. {Commit: Heb. Roll}
4The LORD hath made all {things} for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
5Every one {that is} proud in heart {is} an abomination to the LORD: {though} hand {join} in hand, he shall not be unpunished. {unpunished: Heb. held innocent}
6By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD {men} depart from evil.
Cross References
Isaiah 43:21
This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
2 Peter 2:9
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
Romans 9:22
{What} if God, willing to shew {his} wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: {fitted: or, made up}
Isaiah 43:7
{Even} 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.
1 Peter 2:8
And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, {even to them} which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
Revelation 4:11
Thou 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.
Job 21:30
That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. {wrath: Heb. wraths}
2 Peter 2:3
And 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.