World English Bible
Proverbs 16:4
“Yahweh has made everything for its own end-- yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 16
2
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Yahweh weighs the motives.
3
Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.
4
Yahweh 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 Yahweh: they shall certainly not be unpunished.
6
By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.