Proverbs 16:4
All things hath Jehovah wrought for Himself, And also the wicked [worketh] for a day of evil.
Young's Literal Translation
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 unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,
5An abomination to Jehovah [is] every proud one of heart, Hand to hand he is not acquitted.
Cross References
Job 21:30That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought.
Isaiah 43:21This people I have formed for Myself, My praise they recount.
Romans 11:36because of Him, and through Him, and to Him [are] the all things; to Him [is] the glory — to the ages. Amen.
2 Peter 2:3and in covetousness, with moulded words, of you they shall make merchandise, whose judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction doth not slumber.
Revelation 4:11'Worthy art Thou, O Lord, to receive the glory, and the honour, and the power, because Thou — Thou didst create the all things, and because of Thy will are they, and they 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 →