Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Proverbs 16:4
For himself - Better, The Lord has done everything for its own end; and this includes the appointment of an “evil day” for “the wicked” who deserve it.
For himself - Better, The Lord has done everything for its own end; and this includes the appointment of an “evil day” for “the wicked” who deserve it.
Verse Proverbs 16:4. _THE LORD HATH MADE ALL_ THINGS _FOR HIMSELF_] He has so framed and executed every part of his creation, that it manifests his wisdom, power, goodness, and truth. _EVEN THE WICK...
CHAPTER 16 IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD The name Jehovah (LORD) appears eleven times in this chapter of Proverbs. The Lord has the final word, for to man belong the preparations (or plans) of the heart; b...
PROVERBS 16. The special feature is a group of aphorisms (Proverbs 16:10) relating to kings. The sentiments seem rather to reflect the picture of the ideal king than to indicate any particular period....
HIMSELF. Same word as "answer" (Proverbs 16:1). His decree, or His own end. See note on Proverbs 16:1. THE WICKED =.. lawless one. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44. EVIL. Hebrew. _raa'._ App-44....
_for himself for his own purpose_, R.V. marg.; or, _for its own end_, R.V. text. The two meanings really run into one another, for he who makes a thing to serve _its own_purpose makes it to serve _his...
THE LORD HATH MADE ALL THINGS FOR HIMSELF, &C.— _The Lord ordereth all things so as to suit his own will; yea, even the wicked for the day of vengeance._ Patrick. _The Lord hath made all things accord...
CHAPTER 16 TEXT Proverbs 16:1-11 1. The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah. 2. All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth t...
The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. THE LORD HATH MADE ALL (THINGS) FOR HIMSELF; YEA, EVEN THE WICKED FOR THE DAY OF EVIL. So the Vulgate and Chalda...
16:4 account, (i-8) Or 'for his own purpose.'...
1-9. God's control of human life....
Read, 'The Lord hath made everything for its own end.' God is the absolute Sovereign (Amos 3:6). The wicked are created for punishment (Exodus 9:16; Ezekiel 38:16; Eze
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 16 The subject of the book now begins to change. In earlier Chapter s, the main subject is the difference between wise actions and evil action...
A man’s plan may succeed, or it may fail. God’s plans will always succeed. God can use a horse (Numbers 22:21-28). Or God can use a stone (Luke 3:8). Or God can even use a foreign king (Ezra 1:1). Go...
THE LORD HATH MADE ALL THINGS FOR HIMSELF — i.e., to serve His own purposes, that His wisdom, goodness, &c, may be thereby revealed. Or the passage may be translated, “hath made all for its own end or...
כֹּ֤ל פָּעַ֣ל יְ֭הוָה לַֽ † מַּעֲנֵ֑הוּ וְ...
CHAPTER 17 A JUST BALANCE "A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are His work."- Proverbs 16:11 "A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is H...
Verse Proverbs 16:1. A somewhat obscure proverb which recognizes that man has to exercise his own reason in making his plans, but that he is dependent on the Lord for the answer of the tongue. Dr. Per...
The LORD hath made all [things] for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of (c) evil. (c) So that the justice of God will appear to his glory, even in the destruction of the wicked....
_Day. His obduracy is of his own choice, and must serve to set the divine justice in the clearest light, Ecclesiasticus xxxii. 14., and Exodus ix. 16. Others hence infer that predestination is gratuit...
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. The LORD hath made all things for himself: ye...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
THE LORD HATH MADE ALL [THINGS] FOR HIMSELF,.... This is true of the Lord with respect to the creation of all things by him. All things are made by him, the heaven, earth, and sea; and all that are in...
The LORD hath made all [things] for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. Ver. 4. _The Lord hath made all things for himself._] That is, for his own glory, which he seeks in all his work...
Pro. 16:4. The wise man, in the expression, "hath made all things," has not respect merely to the works of creation, but also to the works of Providence: making and creating is commonly understood in...
_The Lord hath made all things_ And especially all men; _for himself_ For his own service and glory; for the discovery and illustration of his own wisdom, power, goodness, truth, justice, and his othe...
V. 4. THE LORD HATH MADE ALL THINGS FOR HIMSELF, according to His all-wise plans; YEA, EVEN THE WICKED FOR THE DAY OF EVIL, for even the works of the ungodly are included in His government, although H...
HATH MADE; or, _hath wrought_ or _doth work_; for the Hebrews express the present as well as the past thee by this tense: he ordereth or disposeth; for this may be understood either of the works of cr...
Proverbs 16:4 LORD H3068 made H6466 (H8804) Himself H4617 wicked H7563 day H3117 doom H7451 Lord -...
ALL IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH YHWH'S PURPOSES, WITH THE CONSEQUENCE THAT THE PROUD WILL BE PUNISHED, WHILST THOSE WHO FEAR YHWH WILL DEPART FROM EVIL AND FIND THAT BOTH YHWH AND THEIR ENEMIES ARE AT PEACE...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The safest way in which to travel is the way of the upright, a way which God makes plain to those who desire to walk in it....
Proverbs 16:1. _The preparations of the heart in man._ As the field must be plowed, and the soil prepared for the seeds, so the heart of man must be prepared for grace. Afflictions in Egypt disposed t...
_The Lord hath made all things for Himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil _ OF GOD’S DISPOSING ALL THINGS TO THEIR PROPER ENDS No light on this passage comes from the context. The words...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 16:1 The comparison between the PLANS of a man’s HEART (vv. Proverbs 16:1,...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 16:4. FOR HIMSELF. Many read “for its own purpose, or end.” There is much in favour, however, of the reading of the authorised text. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 16:4_ ALL...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 16:1 These are specially religions maxims, and they all contain the name Jehovah. PROVERBS 16:1 The Authorized Version makes one sentence of this verse without any contrast or a...
Shall we turn now to Proverbs 16:1-33, the sixteenth chapter and begin our study this evening. The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD (Proverbs 16:1). Go...
1 Peter 2:8; 2 Peter 2:3; 2 Peter 2:9; Isaiah 43:21; Isaiah 43:7;...
Doth work — He orders or disposes. For — For his own glory; for the discovery of his wisdom, power, goodness, truth, justice. The wicked — Wilful and impenitent sinners. Men make themselves wicked, an...
Does God make people to be doomed? PROBLEM: On the one hand, the Bible speaks of human beings as having free choice (Matthew 23:37; 2 Peter 3:9) and being responsible for their own destiny (cf. Ezekie...