4 The 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.
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Verse 4
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The LORD יְ֭הוָה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular has made פָּעַ֣ל H6466 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular everything כֹּ֤ל H3605 Noun - masculine singular for His purpose לַֽמַּעֲנֵ֑הוּ H4617 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular even וְגַם־ H1571 Conjunction the wicked רָ֝שָׁ֗ע H7563 Adjective - masculine singular for the day לְי֣וֹם H3117 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct of disaster רָעָֽה׃ H7451 Noun - feminine singular