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Proverbs 16:4

The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

KJV

Universa propter semetipsum operatus est Dominus ; impium quoque ad diem malum.

Vulgate

φόβος θεοῦ παιδεία καὶ σοφία, καὶ ἀρχὴ δόξης ἀποκριθήσεται αὐτῇ·

LXX

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

ASV

כֹּ֤ל פָּעַ֣ל יְ֭הוָה לַֽ/מַּעֲנֵ֑/הוּ וְ/גַם רָ֝שָׁ֗ע לְ/י֣וֹם רָעָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַעֲנֶ֑ה
m'nh
verb · 8×
פֹּ֣עֲלֵי
p'ly
verb · 55×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Is God the efficient cause of all beings? Is primary matter created by God, or is an independent coordinate principle with Him? Is God the exemplar cause of beings or are there other exemplar causes? Is He the final cause of things? Article 1. Whether it is necessary that every being be created by God? Objection 1. It would seem that it is not necessary that every being be crea…

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 2:8 — And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
  • 1Thess 5:9 — For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • 2Pet 2:3 — And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
  • 2Pet 2:9 — The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
  • 2Pet 2:9 — The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
  • Col 1:16 — For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by hi
  • Exod 9:16 — And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
  • Gen 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
  • Gen 6:7 — And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
  • Heb 2:10 — For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
  • Isa 43:7 — Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
  • Isa 43:21 — This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
  • Isa 54:16 — Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
  • Job 21:30 — That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
  • Job 21:30 — That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
  • Rev 4:11 — Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
  • Rev 4:11 — Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
  • Rom 9:17 — For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
  • Rom 9:21 — Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
  • Rom 9:22 — What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
  • Rom 9:22 — What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
  • Rom 11:36 — For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
  • Rom 11:36 — For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.