Proverbs 16:4

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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?

Similar Verses (AI)

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    2Yet He is wise and brings disaster; He does not take back His words. He will rise against the house of evildoers and against the help of those who practice wickedness.

  • Prov 16:3
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    3Commit your works to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

  • Isa 45:7
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    7I form the light and create darkness; I make peace and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.

  • Job 21:30
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    30That the wicked are spared in the day of calamity, that they are brought forth in the day of wrath?

  • Eccl 3:11
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    11He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, He has put eternity in the human heart, yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

  • Ps 9:16
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    16The nations have sunk into the pit they made; their feet are caught in the net they hid.

  • Eccl 3:16-17
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    16And I saw under the sun, in the place of judgment, wickedness was there, and in the place of righteousness, wickedness was there as well.

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

  • Eccl 7:13-15
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    13Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what he has made crooked?

    14When times are good, be joyful; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future.

    15In my fleeting life, I have seen it all: The righteous perishing in their righteousness, and the wicked living long in their wickedness.

  • Ps 36:4
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    4The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; he has stopped being wise and doing good.

  • Eccl 12:14
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    14For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.

  • Prov 16:30
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    30The one who winks with his eyes is plotting perverse things, and the one who purses his lips is bent on evil.

  • Prov 24:8
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    8The one who plots evil will be called a schemer.

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    16The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry.

  • Prov 16:33
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    33The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.

  • Job 20:29
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    29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the inheritance decreed for him by the Almighty.

  • Dan 9:14
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    14Therefore, the LORD has kept the disaster in store and brought it upon us, for the LORD our God is righteous in everything He does, yet we have not obeyed His voice.

  • Eccl 9:1-3
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    1So I reflected on all this and set my heart to examine it: that the righteous, the wise, and their deeds are in the hand of God. People do not know whether love or hatred awaits them; everything lies before them.

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    3This is the distressing thing about everything that happens under the sun: the same fate befalls all. Moreover, the hearts of humans are full of evil, and madness resides in their hearts during their lives; and after that, they join the dead.

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    21He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.

  • Job 4:8
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    8As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.

  • Prov 6:15
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    15Therefore his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant, he will be broken beyond healing.

  • Acts 15:18
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    18'—things known long ago.'

  • Eccl 8:14
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    14There is a futility that takes place on the earth: righteous people receive what the wicked deserve, and wicked people receive what the righteous deserve. I said, 'This too is vanity.'

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    12The righteous one considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked down to ruin.

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    17The LORD has done what he planned; he has fulfilled his word that he decreed long ago. He has overthrown without pity; he has let the enemy gloat over you and exalt the horn of your adversaries.

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    1To humans belong the plans of the heart, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

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    15He forms the hearts of them all; He understands all their deeds.

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    5Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand all things.

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    6For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

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    3The eyes of the LORD are everywhere, watching both the wicked and the good.

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    29The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the blameless, but it is ruin to evildoers.

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    3Is it not disaster for the wicked and calamity for those who do evil?

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    15For the day of the LORD is near for all nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return upon your own head.

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    5The Lord detests all who are proud in heart; be sure of this, they will not go unpunished.

  • Job 36:17
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    17But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; justice and judgment take hold of you.

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    22It makes no difference; therefore, I declare: He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.

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    14from those who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perversity of wickedness.

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    19Evil people will bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

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    4The LORD is righteous; He has cut the cords of the wicked.

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    3For the wicked boasts of the desires of his heart, and the greedy man curses and spurns the Lord.

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    4Give them according to what they have done, and according to the evil of their deeds; give them according to the work of their hands; repay them their due reward.

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