Proverbs 16:5
Yahweh hates everyone who has an arrogant heart, 1 but be sure of this, they will not go unpunished. 1
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4Yahweh has made everything for its purpose, 1 even the wicked for the day of trouble. 1
Cross References
Job 40:12Look at everyone who is proud and bring him low; 1 trample down wicked people where they stand. 1
Proverbs 6:17The eyes of a proud person, a tongue that lies, 1 hands that shed the blood of innocent people, 1
Proverbs 11:21Be sure of this—the wicked person will not go unpunished, 1 but the descendants of righteous people will be kept safe. 1
Isaiah 2:12For there will be a day of Yahweh of hosts 1 against everyone who is proud and raised up, and against everyone who is arrogant—and he will be brought down— 1
Romans 2:8But to those who are self-seeking, who disobey the truth but obey unrighteousness, wrath and fierce anger will come.
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 →