Proverbs 16:4

Conservative English Version

The LORD has a reason for everything he does, and he lets evil people live only to be punished.

Cross References

Genesis 1:31

God looked at what he had done. All of it was very good! Evening came and then morning--that was the sixth day.

Job 15:23

They scrounge around for food, all the while dreading the approaching darkness.

Job 21:30

that those who do wrong never suffer disaster, when God becomes angry.

Exodus 9:16

But he has kept you alive, just to show you his power and to bring honor to himself everywhere in the world.

Proverbs 16:5

The LORD doesn't like anyone who is conceited-- you can be sure they will be punished.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

God makes everything happen at the right time. Yet none of us can ever fully understand all he has done, and he puts questions in our minds about the past and the future.

Isaiah 43:21

I made them my own nation, so they would praise me.

Isaiah 43:7

They are my people-- I created each of them to bring honor to me."

Romans 11:36

Everything comes from the Lord. All things were made because of him and will return to him. Praise the Lord forever! Amen.

Romans 9:22

God wanted to show his anger and reveal his power against everyone who deserved to be destroyed. But instead, he patiently put up with them.

1 Peter 2:8

They disobeyed the message and stumbled and fell over that stone, because they were doomed.

2 Peter 2:3

They will be greedy and cheat you with smooth talk. But long ago God decided to punish them, and God doesn't sleep.

2 Peter 2:9

This shows that the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their sufferings and to punish evil people while they wait for the day of judgment.

Revelation 4:11

"Our Lord and God, you are worthy to receive glory, honor, and power. You created all things, and by your decision they are and were created."