Proverbs 16:5
Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord:they shall certainly not be unpunished.
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4The Lord has made everything for its own end-yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.
6By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for.By the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
Cross References
Job 40:12Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him.Crush the wicked in their place.
Proverbs 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue,hands that shed innocent blood;
Proverbs 11:21Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished,but the seed of the righteous will be delivered.
Isaiah 2:12For there will be a day of the Lord of hosts for all that is proud and haughty,and for all that is lifted up;and it shall be brought low:
Romans 2:8but to those who are self-seeking, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation,
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 →