Proverbs 16:4

Bible in Basic English 1965

The Lord has made everything for his purpose, even the sinner for the day of evil.

Cross References

Genesis 1:31

And God saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Job 15:23

He is wandering about in search of bread, saying, Where is it? and he is certain that the day of trouble is ready for him:

Job 21:30

How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?

Exodus 9:16

But, for this very reason, I have kept you from destruction, to make clear to you my power, and so that my name may be honoured through all the earth.

Proverbs 16:5

Everyone who has pride in his heart is disgusting to the Lord: he will certainly not go free from punishment.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.

Isaiah 43:21

Even the people whom I made to be the witnesses of my praise.

Isaiah 43:7

Every one who is named by my name, and whom I have made for my glory, who has been formed and designed by me.

Romans 11:36

For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. So be it.

Romans 9:22

What if God, desiring to let his wrath and his power be seen, for a long time put up with the vessels of wrath which were ready for destruction:

1 Peter 2:8

And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.

2 Peter 2:3

And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.

2 Peter 2:9

The Lord is able to keep the upright safe in the time of testing, and to keep evil-doers under punishment till the day of judging;

Revelation 4:11

It is right, our Lord and our God, for you to have glory and honour and power: because by you were all things made, and by your desire they came into being.