Cross references

Proverbs 16:4

The LORD has made everything for His purpose—

even the wicked for the day of disaster.

Proverbs 16:4 BSB

Proverbs 16:4 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 9 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 43:21 (16 votes) and Romans 9:22 (16 votes). 19 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Genesis 1 to Revelation 4.

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Which verses does Proverbs 16:4 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Isaiah 43:2116 votes

    The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.

  2. Romans 9:2216 votes

    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?

  3. 2 Peter 2:916 votes

    if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.

  4. Isaiah 43:712 votes

    everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”

  5. 1 Peter 2:811 votes

    and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.

  6. “Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created.”

  7. Job 21:307 votes

    Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.

  8. In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.

  9. For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.

Which verses point to Proverbs 16:4?

The 10 strongest of 19.