The Lord works out all things for Himself, even the wicked for the day of evil.
then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the Day of Judgment,
What if God, willing to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
This people I have formed for Myself; they shall declare My praise.
even everyone who is called by My name, for I have created him for My glory; I have formed him, and I have made him.”
and, “A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” They stumble, because they are disobedient to the word, to which also they were appointed.
And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their judgment, made long ago, does not linger, and their destruction does not slumber.
For the wicked are reserved for the day of destruction; they will be brought forth on the day of wrath.
For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be glory forever! Amen.
“You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; for You have created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created.”
God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
But, indeed, for this cause I have raised you up, in order to show in you My power, so that My name may be declared throughout all the earth.
Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord; be assured, he will not go unpunished.
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also put obscurity in their hearts so that people do not come to know the work that God has done from the beginning to the end.
He wanders about for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.