Proverbs 16:5
Everyone who has pride in his heart is disgusting to the Lord: he will certainly not go free from punishment.
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4The Lord has made everything for his purpose, even the sinner for the day of evil.
Cross References
Job 40:12\40:17\His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together.
Proverbs 6:17Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;
Proverbs 11:21Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe.
Isaiah 2:12For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up;
Romans 2:8But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:5
4 The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. Note, 1. That God is the first cause. He is the former of all things and all persons, the fountain of being; he gave every creature the being it has and appointed it its place. Even the wicked are his creatures, though they are rebels; he gave them those powers with which they fight against him, which aggravates their wickedness, that they will not let him that made them rule them, and therefore, though he made them, he will not… Read the whole commentary →