Proverbs 16:4
Everything, hath Yahweh made for its own purpose, yea, even the lawless one, for the day of calamity.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
In Context
3Roll, upon Yahweh, thy doings, that thy plans, may be established.
Cross References
Job 21:30That, to the day of calamity, is the wicked reserved, to the day of indignant visitation, are they led.
Isaiah 43:21A people which I have fashioned for myself, My praise, shall they record.
Romans 11:36Because, of him, and through him, and unto him, are all things:—unto him, be the glory, unto the ages. Amen!
2 Peter 2:3And, in greed, with forged words, will they, of you, make merchandise: for whom, the sentence from of old, is not idle, and, their destruction, doth not slumber.
Revelation 4:11Worthy, art thou, O Lord, and our God, to receive the glory, and the honour, and the power: because thou didst create all things, and, by reason of thy will, they were, 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 →