King James Version
Proverbs 16:4 in the King James Version says “The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.”
Proverbs 16:4 · KJV
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. Commit: Heb. Roll
The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. unpunished: Heb. held innocent
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“for the day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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