Pro 16:4, Rom 9:17-23 | ESV | STEP | The Lord has made everything for its purpose , even the wicked for the day of trouble .

a Rom. 11:36

b Job 21:30; [Ex. 9:16]

cCited from Ex. 9:16

d 2 Chr. 20:6; Job 9:12; Dan. 4:35

e Job 33:13

f Isa. 29:16; 45:9

g Isa. 64:8; Jer. 18:6

h 2 Tim. 2:20

i[ver. 21, 23; Acts 9:15]

j[Prov. 16:4; 1 Pet. 2:8]

k Eph. 3:16; See ch. 2:4

l[ch. 8:29]

Proverbs 16:4

4 ^aThe Lord has made everything for its purpose,
even ^bthe wicked for the day of trouble.

Romans 9:17-23

17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, ^c“For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” 18 So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.

19 You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For ^dwho can resist his will?” 20 But who are you, O man, ^eto answer back to God? ^fWill what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?” 21 ^gHas the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump ^hone vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? 22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience ⁱvessels of wrath ^jprepared for destruction, 23 in order to make known ^kthe riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he ^lhas prepared beforehand for glory—