4The LORD has made everything for His purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 16:4
The LORD Weighs the Heart: Sovereignty, Humility, Justice, and the Wise Path
The chapter moves from the LORD's sovereignty over plans and motives, to justice in royal rule, to the superiority of wisdom and humility, to gracious speech and the warning against self-deceived paths, to destructive speech and violent companionship, and finally to patience, self-control, and the LORD's final governance.
Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources
Study Helps
References and Original Words
Verse 4
Cross-references
Original words
The LORDיְ֭הוָהH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularhas madeפָּעַ֣לH6466Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singulareverythingכֹּ֤לH3605Noun - masculine singularfor His purposeלַֽמַּעֲנֵ֑הוּH4617Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularevenוְגַם־H1571Conjunctionthe wickedרָ֝שָׁ֗עH7563Adjective - masculine singularfor the dayלְי֣וֹםH3117Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular constructof disasterרָעָֽה׃H7451Noun - feminine singular