Verse 4

The Lord has made everything for its purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 9:22 : 22 What if God, wishing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
  • 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 and, 'a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.' They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were determined to do.
  • Isa 43:21 : 21 the people I formed for Myself, so they might proclaim My praise.
  • Isa 43:7 : 7 everyone who is called by My name, whom I created for My glory, whom I formed and made.
  • Rom 11:36 : 36 For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.
  • 2 Pet 2:9 : 9 then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,
  • Rev 4:11 : 11 "You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory, honor, and power, for you created all things, and by your will they exist and were created."
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 In their greed, they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
  • Job 21:30 : 30 That the wicked are spared in the day of calamity, that they are brought forth in the day of wrath?