Proverbs 16:5
תּוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה כָּל ־ גְּבַהּ ־ לֵב יָד לְיָד לֹא יִנָּקֶֽה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
In Context
4כֹּל פָּעַל יְהוָה לַֽמַּעֲנֵהוּ וְגַם ־ רָשָׁע לְיוֹם רָעָֽה ׃
6בְּחֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת יְכֻפַּר עָוֺן וּבְיִרְאַת יְהוָה סוּר מֵרָֽע ׃
Cross References
Job 40:12רְאֵה כָל ־ גֵּאֶה הַכְנִיעֵהוּ וַהֲדֹךְ רְשָׁעִים תַּחְתָּֽם ׃
Proverbs 6:17עֵינַיִם רָמוֹת לְשׁוֹן שָׁקֶר וְיָדַיִם שֹׁפְכוֹת דָּם ־ נָקִֽי ׃
Proverbs 11:21יָד לְיָד לֹא ־ יִנָּקֶה רָּע וְזֶרַע צַדִּיקִים נִמְלָֽט ׃
Isaiah 2:12כִּי יוֹם לַיהוָה צְבָאוֹת עַל כָּל ־ גֵּאֶה וָרָם וְעַל כָּל ־ נִשָּׂא וְשָׁפֵֽל ׃
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 →