Proverbs 16:4

American Standard Version (1901)

Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 9:22 : 22 What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction:
  • 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
  • Isa 43:21 : 21 the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.
  • Isa 43:7 : 7 every one that is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yea, whom I have made.
  • Rom 11:36 : 36 For of him, and through him, and unto him, are all things. To him [be] the glory for ever. Amen.
  • 2 Pet 2:9 : 9 the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment;
  • Rev 4:11 : 11 Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: for thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were, and were created.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.
  • Job 21:30 : 30 That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

  • Prov 16:3
    73%

    3Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.

  • Isa 45:7
    73%

    7I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil. I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things.

  • Job 21:30
    73%

    30That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

  • Eccl 3:11
    72%

    11He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.

  • Ps 9:16
    72%

    16Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. {{Higgaion. Selah

  • Eccl 3:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

    17I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

  • Eccl 7:13-15
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    70%

    13Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

    14In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yea, God hath made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything [that shall be] after him.

    15All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth [his life] in his evil-doing.

  • Ps 36:4
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    4He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.

  • Eccl 12:14
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    14For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

  • Prov 16:30
    70%

    30He that shutteth his eyes, [it is] to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

  • Prov 24:8
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    8He that deviseth to do evil, Men shall call him a mischief-maker.

  • Ps 34:16
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    16The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

  • Prov 16:33
    70%

    33The lot is cast into the lap; But the whole disposing thereof is of Jehovah.

  • Job 20:29
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    29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God.

  • Dan 9:14
    70%

    14Therefore hath Jehovah watched over the evil, and brought it upon us; for Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth, and we have not obeyed his voice.

  • Eccl 9:1-3
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    69%

    1For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.

    2All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; [and] he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

    3This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.

  • Ps 34:21
    69%

    21Evil shall slay the wicked; And they that hate the righteous shall be condemned.

  • Job 4:8
    69%

    8According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.

  • Prov 6:15
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    15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.

  • Acts 15:18
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    18Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from of old.

  • Eccl 8:14
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    14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

  • Prov 16:9
    69%

    9A man's heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.

  • Prov 21:12
    69%

    12The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, [How] the wicked are overthrown to [their] ruin.

  • Lam 2:17
    69%

    17Jehovah hath done that which he purposed; He hath fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old; He hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: And he hath caused the enemy to rejoice over thee; He hath exalted the horn of thine adversaries.

  • Prov 16:1
    69%

    1The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.

  • Ps 33:15
    69%

    15He that fashioneth the hearts of them all, That considereth all their works.

  • Prov 28:5
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    5Evil men understand not justice; But they that seek Jehovah understand all things.

  • Ps 1:6
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    6For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.

  • Prov 15:3
    69%

    3The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, Keeping watch upon the evil and the good.

  • Prov 10:29
    69%

    29The way of Jehovah is a stronghold to the upright; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

  • Ps 75:8
    69%

    8For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine foameth; It is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same: Surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.

  • Job 31:3
    69%

    3Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?

  • Obad 1:15
    68%

    15For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee; thy dealing shall return upon thine own head.

  • Prov 16:5
    68%

    5Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to Jehovah: [Though] hand [join] in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

  • Job 36:17
    68%

    17But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold [on thee] .

  • Job 9:22
    68%

    22It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

  • Prov 2:14
    68%

    14Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;

  • Prov 14:19
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    19The evil bow down before the good; And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.

  • Ps 129:4
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    4Jehovah is righteous: He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

  • Ps 10:3
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    3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, [yea], contemneth Jehovah.

  • Ps 28:4
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    4Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings: Give them after the operation of their hands; Render to them their desert.

  • Isa 54:16
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    16Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the fire of coals, and bringeth forth a weapon for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

  • Prov 1:16
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    16For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

  • Eccl 8:11
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    11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.