Proverbs 16:4

Geneva Bible (1560)

The Lord hath made all things for his owne sake: yea, euen the wicked for the day of euill.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 9:22 : 22 What and if God would, to shewe his wrath, and to make his power knowen, suffer with long patience the vessels of wrath, prepared to destruction?
  • 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 And a stone to stumble at, and a rocke of offence, euen to them which stumble at the woorde, being disobedient, vnto the which thing they were euen ordeined.
  • Isa 43:21 : 21 This people haue I formed for my selfe: they shall shewe foorth my praise.
  • Isa 43:7 : 7 Euery one shall be called by my Name: for I created him for my glorie, formed him and made him.
  • Rom 11:36 : 36 For of him, and through him, and for him are all things: to him be glory for euer. Amen.
  • 2 Pet 2:9 : 9 The Lorde knoweth to deliuer the godly out of tentation, and to reserue the vniust vnto the day of iudgement vnder punishment.
  • Rev 4:11 : 11 Thou art worthie, O Lorde, to receiue glorie and honour, and power: for thou hast created all thinges, and for thy willes sake they are, and haue bene created.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And through couetousnes shall they with fained words make marchandise of you, whose condemnation long since resteth not, and their destruction slumbreth not.
  • Job 21:30 : 30 But the wicked is kept vnto the day of destruction, and they shall be brought 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
    73%

    2But he yet is wisest: therefore he wil bring euill, and not turne backe his worde, but he will arise against the house of the wicked, and against the helpe of them that worke vanitie.

  • Prov 16:3
    73%

    3Commit thy workes vnto the Lorde, and thy thoughts shalbe directed.

  • Isa 45:7
    73%

    7I forme the light and create darkenes: I make peace and create euill: I the Lorde doe all these things.

  • Job 21:30
    73%

    30But the wicked is kept vnto the day of destruction, and they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

  • Eccl 3:11
    72%

    11He hath made euery thing beautifull in his time: also he hath set the worlde in their heart, yet can not man finde out the worke that God hath wrought fro the beginning euen to the end.

  • Ps 9:16
    72%

    16The Lord is knowen by executing iudgement: the wicked is snared in the worke of his owne handes. Higgaion. Selah.

  • Eccl 3:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16And moreouer I haue seene vnder the sunne the place of iudgement, where was wickednesse, and the place of iustice where was iniquitie.

    17I thought in mine heart, God wil iudge the iust and the wicked: for time is there for euery purpose and for euery worke.

  • Eccl 7:13-15
    3 verses
    70%

    13(7:15) Beholde the worke of God: for who can make straight that which he hath made crooked?

    14(7:16) In the day of wealth be of good comfort, and in the day of affliction consider: God also hath made this contrary to that, to the intent that man shoulde finde nothing after him.

    15(7:17) I haue seene all things in the dayes of my vanitie: there is a iust man that perisheth in his iustice, and there is a wicked man that continueth long in his malice.

  • Ps 36:4
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    4Hee imagineth mischiefe vpon his bed: he setteth himselfe vpon a way, that is not good, and doeth not abhorre euill.

  • Eccl 12:14
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    14For God will bring euery worke vnto iudgement, with euery secret thing, whether it be good or euill.

  • Prov 16:30
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    30He shutteth his eyes to deuise wickednes: he moueth his lippes, and bringeth euil to passe.

  • Prov 24:8
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    8Hee that imagineth to doe euill, men shall call him an autour of wickednes.

  • Ps 34:16
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    16But the face of the Lord is against them that doe euill, to cut off their remembrance from the earth.

  • Prov 16:33
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    33The lot is cast into the lappe: but the whole disposition thereof is of the Lord.

  • Job 20:29
    70%

    29This is the portion of the wicked man fro God, and the heritage that he shal haue of God for his wordes.

  • Dan 9:14
    70%

    14Therefore hath the Lord made ready the plague, and brought it vpon vs: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we would not heare his voyce.

  • Eccl 9:1-3
    3 verses
    69%

    1I haue surely giuen mine heart to all this, and to declare all this, that the iust, and the wise, and their workes are in the hand of God: and no man knoweth eyther loue or hatred of all that is before them.

    2All things come alike to all: and the same condition is to the iust and to the wicked, to the good and to the pure, and to the polluted, and to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner, he that sweareth, as he that feareth an othe.

    3This is euill among all that is done vnder the sunne, that there is one condition to all, and also the heart of the sonnes of men is full of euill, and madnes is in their heartes whiles they liue, and after that, they goe to the dead.

  • Ps 34:21
    69%

    21But malice shal slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous, shall perish.

  • Job 4:8
    69%

    8As I haue seene, they that plow iniquitie, and sowe wickednesse, reape the same.

  • Prov 6:15
    69%

    15Therefore shall his destruction come speedily: hee shall be destroyed suddenly without recouerie.

  • Acts 15:18
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    18From the beginning of the worlde, God knoweth all his workes.

  • Eccl 8:14
    69%

    14There is a vanitie, which is done vpon the earth, that there be righteous men to whom it commeth according to the worke of the wicked: and there be wicked men to whom it commeth according to the worke of the iust: I thought also that this is vanitie.

  • Prov 16:9
    69%

    9The heart of man purposeth his way: but the Lord doeth direct his steppes.

  • Prov 21:12
    69%

    12The righteous teacheth the house of the wicked: but God ouerthroweth the wicked for their euill.

  • Lam 2:17
    69%

    17The Lorde hath done that which he had purposed: he hath fulfilled his worde that he had determined of old time: he hath throwen downe, and not spared: hee hath caused thine enemie to reioyce ouer thee, and set vp the horne of thine aduersaries.

  • Prov 16:1
    69%

    1The preparations of the heart are in man: but the answere of the tongue is of the Lord.

  • Ps 33:15
    69%

    15He facioneth their hearts euery one, and vnderstandeth all their workes.

  • Prov 28:5
    69%

    5Wicked men vnderstand not iudgemnt: but they that seeke the Lord vnderstand all things.

  • Ps 1:6
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    6For the Lorde knoweth the way of the righteous, & the way of the wicked shal perish.

  • Prov 15:3
    69%

    3The eyes of the Lorde in euery place beholde the euill and the good.

  • Prov 10:29
    69%

    29The way of the Lord is strength to the vpright man: but feare shall be for the workers of iniquitie.

  • Ps 75:8
    69%

    8For in the hand of the Lord is a cup, and the wine is red: it is full mixt, and he powreth out of the same: surely all the wicked of the earth shall wring out and drinke the dregges thereof.

  • Job 31:3
    69%

    3Is not destruction to the wicked & strange punishment to the workers of iniquitie?

  • Obad 1:15
    68%

    15For the day of the Lorde is neere, vpon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall bee done to thee: thy reward shall returne vpon thine head.

  • Prov 16:5
    68%

    5All that are proude in heart, are an abomination to the Lord: though hand ioyne in hand, he shall not be vnpunished.

  • Job 36:17
    68%

    17But thou art ful of the iudgement of the wicked, though iudgement and equitie maintaine all things.

  • Job 9:22
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    22This is one point: therefore I said, Hee destroyeth the perfite and the wicked.

  • Prov 2:14
    68%

    14Which reioyce in doing euill, and delite in the frowardnesse of the wicked,

  • Prov 14:19
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    19The euill shall bowe before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Ps 129:4
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    4But the righteous Lorde hath cut the cordes of the wicked.

  • Ps 10:3
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    3For the wicked hath made boast of his owne heartes desire, and the couetous blesseth himselfe: he contemneth the Lord.

  • Ps 28:4
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    4Reward them according to their deedes, and according to the wickednes of their inuentions: recompense them after the woorke of their handes: render them their reward.

  • Isa 54:16
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    16Beholde, I haue created the smith that bloweth the coales in the fire, and him that bringeth forth an instrument for his worke, & I haue created the destroyer to destroy.

  • Prov 1:16
    68%

    16For their feete runne to euill, & make haste to shed blood.

  • Eccl 8:11
    68%

    11Because sentence against an euill worke is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to doe euill.