Proverbs 16:4
The LORD has made everything for His purpose--even the wicked for the day of disaster.
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Isaiah 43:7, 21
everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made." . . .

Romans 11:36
For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.

Revelation 4:11
"You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist, and came to be."

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Job 21:30
Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.

Romans 9:22
What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?

1 Peter 2:8
and, "A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense." They stumble because they disobey the message--and to this they were appointed.

2 Peter 2:3, 9
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with tales they have concocted. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The LORD has made everything for its own purpose, Even the wicked for the day of evil.

King James Bible
The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD has prepared everything for His purpose-- even the wicked for the day of disaster.

International Standard Version
The LORD made everything answerable to him, including the wicked at the time of trouble.

NET Bible
The LORD works everything for its own ends--even the wicked for the day of disaster.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
All the works of Lord Jehovah are for those that submit to him, and the evil are kept for the day of evil.
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