Proverbs 16:4
Yahweh has made everything for its purpose, 1 even the wicked for the day of trouble. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 your works to Yahweh 1 and your plans will succeed. 1
Cross References
Job 21:30that the wicked man is kept from the day of calamity, 1 and that he is led away from the day of wrath? 1
Isaiah 43:21this people whom I formed for myself, 1 that they might recount my praises. 1
Romans 11:36For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever. Amen.
2 Peter 2:3In their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. For a long time their condemnation has not been idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
Revelation 4:11“Worthy are you, our Lord and our God, 2 to receive glory and honor and power, 1 for you created all things, 2 and by 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 →