Proverbs 16:5
Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to Jehovah: [Though] hand [join] in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
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In Context
4Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
6By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for; And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.
Cross References
Job 40:12Look on every one that is proud, [and] bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.
Proverbs 6:17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;
Proverbs 11:21[Though] hand [join] in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished; But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Isaiah 2:12For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low;
Romans 2:8but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, [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 →