Proverbs 16:4
YHWH has worked all things for Himself, || And also the wicked—for a day of evil.
Literal Standard 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
3Roll your works to YHWH, || And your purposes are established,
5Every proud one of heart [is] an abomination to YHWH, || Hand to hand—he is not acquitted.
Cross References
Job 21:30That the wicked is spared to a day of calamity. They are brought to a day of wrath.
Isaiah 43:21I have formed this people for Myself, || They recount My praise.
Romans 11:36Because of Him, and through Him, and to Him [are] all things; to Him [is] the glory—for all ages. Amen.
2 Peter 2:3and in covetousness, with forged words, they will make merchandise of you, whose judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber.
Revelation 4:11“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive the glory, and the honor, and the power, because You created all things, and because of Your will they existed and were created.”
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 →