Proverbs 16:5
Every one that is proud in heart is unclean before God, and he that unjustly strikes hands with hand shall not be held guiltless. The beginning of a good way is to do justly; and it is more acceptable with God than to offer sacrifices. He that seeks the Lord shall find knowledge with righteousness: and they that rightly seek him shall find peace. All of the works of the Lord are done with righteousness; and the ungodly man is kept for the evil day.
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Job 40:12He sets up his tail like a cypress; and his nerves are wrapped together.
Proverbs 6:17The eye of the haughty, a tongue unjust, hands shedding the blood of the just;
Proverbs 11:21He that unjustly strikes hands shall not be unpunished: but he that sows righteousness he shall receive a faithful reward.
Isaiah 2:12For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and haughty, and upon every one that is high and towering, and they shall be brought down;
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 →