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Entrust your works to the Lord,
    and your plans will succeed.
The Lord has made everything for a purpose,
    even the wicked for the evil day.[a]
Every proud heart[b] is an abomination to the Lord;(A)
    be assured that none will go unpunished.

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Footnotes

  1. 16:4 Even the wicked do not lie outside God’s plan.
  2. 16:5 Proud heart: lit., “high of heart.” To forget one is a fallible human being is so basic an error that one cannot escape exposure and punishment.