Proverbs 16:4

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

Habakkuk 1:12

Habakkuk’s Second Complaint

12 Are you not cfrom everlasting,
O Lord my God, my Holy One?
dWe shall not die.
O Lord, eyou have ordained them as a judgment,
and you, O fRock, have established them for reproof.

Romans 9:18

18So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.

James 1:13

13Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.
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