Proverbs 16:4
The Lord has made everything for his purpose, even the sinner for the day of evil.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
In Context
3Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain.
Cross References
Job 21:30How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?
Isaiah 43:21Even the people whom I made to be the witnesses of my praise.
Romans 11:36For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. So be it.
2 Peter 2:3And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.
Revelation 4:11It is right, our Lord and our God, for you to have glory and honour and power: because by you were all things made, and by your desire they came into being.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:4
3 Commit thy works unto the Lord , and thy thoughts shall be established. Note, 1. It is a very desirable thing to have our thoughts established, and not tossed, and put into a hurry, by disquieting cares and fears,—to go on in an even steady course of honesty and piety, not disturbed, or put out of frame, by any event or change,—to be satisfied that all shall work for good and issue well at last, and therefore to be always easy and sedate. 2. The only way to have our thoughts established is to commit our works to… Read the whole commentary →