Proverbs 16:5
Every proud heart is an abomination to Jehovah: hand for hand, he shall not be held innocent.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4Jehovah hath wrought everything on his own account, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Cross References
Job 40:12Look on every one that is proud, bring him low, and tread down the wicked in their place:
Proverbs 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;
Proverbs 11:21Hand for hand! an evil [man] shall not be held innocent; but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Isaiah 2:12For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon everything proud and lofty, and upon everything lifted up, and it shall be brought low;
Romans 2:8But to those that are contentious, and are disobedient to the truth, but obey unrighteousness, [there shall be] wrath and indignation,
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 →