Proverbs 16:4
The Lord has wrought all things because of himself. Likewise the impious is for the evil day.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
In Context
3Open your works to the Lord, and your intentions will be set in order.
Cross References
Job 21:30that the evil-doer is reserved for the day of destruction, and he will be led to the day of wrath.
Isaiah 43:21This is the people whom I have formed for myself. They will speak my praise.
Romans 11:36For from him, and through him, and in him are all things. To him is glory, for all eternity. Amen.
2 Peter 2:3And in avarice, they will negotiate about you with false words. Their judgment, in the near future, is not delayed, and their perdition does not sleep.
Revelation 4:11“You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you have created all things, and they became and were created because of your will.”
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 →