American Standard Version
Proverbs 21:15
15It is joy to the righteous to do justice;But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
Proverbs 21:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
- New International Version (NIV)When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.
- New King James Version (NKJV)It is a joy for the just to do justice, But destruction will come to the workers of iniquity.
Context of Proverbs 21:15
13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard. 14A gift in secret pacifieth anger; And a present in the bosom, strong wrath. It is joy to the righteous to do justice; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity. 16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead. 17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Read all of Proverbs 21Proverbs 21:15 word by word
שִׂמְחָ֣ה לַ֭צַּדִּיק עֲשׂ֣וֹת מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝מְחִתָּ֗ה לְפֹ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 21:15
- Job 29:12Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.
- Psalms 40:8I delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart.
- Psalms 112:1Praise ye Jehovah. Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, That delighteth greatly in his commandments.
- Psalms 119:16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. ג GIMEL.
- Ecclesiastes 3:12I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.
- Isaiah 64:5Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou wast wroth, and we sinned: in them have we been of long time; and shall we be saved?
- John 4:34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.
- Romans 7:22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
- Proverbs 21:12The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, Howthe wicked are overthrown to their ruin.
- Proverbs 5:20For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
- Proverbs 10:29The way of Jehovah is a stronghold to the upright; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
- Matthew 7:23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
- Matthew 13:41The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity,
- Luke 13:27and he shall say, I tell you, I know not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
Commentaries on Proverbs 21:15
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15Verse 15 There is true pleasure only in the practice of religion.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15God is fair, so he rewards good people and punishes bad ones. This is why good people love justice, and bad people fear it.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. But the just love right and need no bribes. The wicked at last meet destruction, though for a time happy in concealing corruption.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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