Proverbs 16:5
Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.
Berean Standard Bible
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4The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.
Cross References
Job 40:12Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.
Proverbs 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
Proverbs 11:21Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.
Isaiah 2:12For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—
Romans 2:8But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
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 →