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Proverbs 16:4 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

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

Proverbs 16:4

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2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the motives.

3 Commit your deeds to the LORD, and your plans shall succeed.

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

5 Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; they shall certainly not be unpunished.

6 By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

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Note, first, that God is the first cause. He is the maker of all things and all people, the source of all being. He gives every creature its existence and appoints its place. Even wicked people are his creatures, though they are rebels. He gives them the powers they use to fight against him, which makes their sin worse. They will not let the One who made them rule over them, and so, although he made them, he will not save them.

Note, also, that God is the last end. All things are from him, and therefore all things are for him. He made everything according to his will and for his praise. He planned to use all his creatures to accomplish his own purposes, and he will not fail to do that. All are his servants. He is not glorified by the wicked, but he will be glorified through judgment on them. He does not make anyone wicked, but he made those whom he knew would be wicked (Gen 6:6), because he knew how to bring honor to himself through them. See Rom 9:22. Or, as some understand it, he made the wicked to serve him as tools of his wrath in the day of trouble, when he brings judgments on the world. He even uses wicked men, like other things, as his sword and his hand (Psa 17:13, Psa 17:14), the scourge of God. The king of Babylon is called his servant.

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Proverbs 16:1

"The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD."

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