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Proverbs 16:4

World English Bible

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

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Proverbs 16:4 in other translations

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

Proverbs 16:4 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 16:4 in context

  1. 2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes;
    but Yahweh weighs the motives.
  2. 3Commit your deeds to Yahweh,
    and your plans shall succeed.
  3. 4Yahweh has made everything for its own end—
    yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.
  4. 5Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh:
    they shall certainly not be unpunished.
  5. 6By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for.
    By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.