Proverbs 16:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Proverbs 16:4 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“All things hath Jehovah wrought for Himself, And also the wicked <FI>worketh<Fi> for a day of evil.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 16:4 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 15:23He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
- Job 21:30Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
- Isaiah 43:7everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”
- Isaiah 43:21The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.
- Romans 9:22What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?
- Romans 11:36For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.
- 1 Peter 2:8and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.
- 2 Peter 2:3In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
- 2 Peter 2:9if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
- Revelation 4:11“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).