Chasidut do Przysłów 16:4

Each of us can be the simple peasant in the story. We were sent to this sphere of existence to display the breadth of God’s rule.⁴⁵King Solomon taught, “All that God made He made for His sake, even the evildoer for the day of retribution” (Prov. 16:4). The Gaon of Vilna explains that the verse is revealing the purpose of life, to reveal God as Ultimate Sovereign. Righteous individuals fulfill this purpose through observance of God’s commandments. Obeying His directives demonstrates that He is King. Wicked individuals ignore God’s ethical mandates. They reveal God as King when they are punished for their misdeeds. Thus, since all were created for the sake of increasing God’s glory, the wicked will suffer punishment for their misdeeds if they do not repent. When we obey His commands, while in a lustful, physical body and in a tempting material environment, we demonstrate that God is King even in the depths of the physical realm.