And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
Proverbs 16:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD hath made all things for himself: Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Lord has made everything [to accommodate itself and contribute] to its own end and His own purpose–even the wicked [are fitted for their role] for the day of calamity and evil. American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. Common English Bible The LORD made everything for a purpose, even the wicked for an evil day. Catholic Public Domain Version The Lord has wrought all things because of himself. Likewise the impious is for the evil day. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Lord hath made all things for himself: the wicked also for the evil day. |
And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand;
that the wicked man is spared in the day of calamity, that he is rescued in the day of wrath?
but for this purpose have I let you live, to show you my power, so that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
Every one who is arrogant is an abomination to the Lord; be assured, he will not go unpunished.
He has made everything beautiful in its time; also he has put eternity into man's mind, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.
every one who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”
For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory for ever. Amen.
What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the vessels of wrath made for destruction,
and “A stone that will make men stumble, a rock that will make them fall”; for they stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
And in their greed they will exploit you with false words; from of old their condemnation has not been idle, and their destruction has not been asleep.
then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,
“Worthy art thou, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for thou didst create all things, and by thy will they existed and were created.”