Proverbs 16:4

English Standard Version 2016

The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.

Cross References

2 Peter 2:9

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,

Romans 9:22

What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

Isaiah 43:21

the people whom I formed for myself that they might declare my praise.

Isaiah 43:7

everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”

1 Peter 2:8

and “A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

2 Peter 2:3

And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

Job 21:30

that the evil man is spared in the day of calamity, that he is rescued in the day of wrath?

Romans 11:36

For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.

Revelation 4:11

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”

Genesis 1:31

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

Exodus 9:16

But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.

Proverbs 16:5

Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord; be assured, he will not go unpunished.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.

Job 15:23

He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand;