Proverbs 16:4

New Century Version

The Lord makes everything go as he pleases. He has even prepared a day of disaster for evil people.

Cross References

Genesis 1:31

God looked at everything he had made, and it was very good. Evening passed, and morning came. This was the sixth day.

Job 15:23

They wander around and will become food for vultures. They know darkness will soon come.

Job 21:30

On the day of God’s anger and punishment, it is the wicked who are spared.

Exodus 9:16

But I have let you live for this reason: to show you my power so that my name will be talked about in all the earth.

Proverbs 16:5

The Lord hates those who are proud. They will surely be punished.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

God has given them a desire to know the future. He does everything just right and on time, but people can never completely understand what he is doing.

Isaiah 43:21

The people I made will sing songs to praise me.

Isaiah 43:7

Bring to me all the people who are mine, whom I made for my glory, whom I formed and made.”

Romans 11:36

Yes, God made all things, and everything continues through him and for him. To him be the glory forever! Amen.

Romans 9:22

It is the same way with God. He wanted to show his anger and to let people see his power. But he patiently stayed with those people he was angry with—people who were made ready to be destroyed.

1 Peter 2:8

Also, he is “a stone that causes people to stumble, a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they do not obey what God says, which is what God planned to happen to them.

2 Peter 2:3

Those false teachers only want your money, so they will use you by telling you lies. Their judgment spoken against them long ago is still coming, and their ruin is certain.

2 Peter 2:9

So the Lord knows how to save those who serve him when troubles come. He will hold evil people and punish them, while waiting for the Judgment Day.

Revelation 4:11

“You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, because you made all things. Everything existed and was made, because you wanted it.”