Proverbs 16:4
The LORD hath made every things for His own purpose, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
In Context
3Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Cross References
Job 21:30That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led forth to the day of wrath?
Isaiah 43:21The people which I formed for Myself, that they might tell of My praise.
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 →