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Proverbs 16:4

WEB

4The LORD has made everything for its own end— yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.

KJV

4The LORD[+] hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

BSB

4The LORD has made everything for His purpose even the wicked for the day of disaster.

FBV

4The Lord has a purpose in everything he does, even the wicked for the day of trouble.

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Extra References

2 Peter 2:9

9then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,


Isaiah 43:21

21the people which I formed for myself, that they might declare my praise.


Romans 9:22

22What if God, willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,


Isaiah 43:7

7everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.’”


1 Peter 2:8

8and, a stumbling stone and a rock of offense.”For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.


Revelation 4:11

11“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One,[+] to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed and were created!”


2 Peter 2:3

3In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber.


Job 21:30

30that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led out to the day of wrath?


Romans 11:36

36For of him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.