Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 21:15
15Justice executed is a joy to the righteous but a terror to evildoers.
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
13The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor will himself also call out and not be answered. 14A secret gift soothes anger, and a covert bribe, fierce rage. Justice executed is a joy to the righteous but a terror to evildoers. 16The person who strays from the way of prudence will come to rest in the assembly of the departed spirits. 17The one who loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will not get rich.
Read all of Proverbs 21Proverbs 21:15 word by word
שִׂמְחָ֣ה לַ֭צַּדִּיק עֲשׂ֣וֹת מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝מְחִתָּ֗ה לְפֹ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 21:15
- Job 29:12For I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.
- Psalms 40:8I delight to do your will, my God, and your instruction is deep within me.”
- Psalms 112:1Hallelujah! Happy is the person who fears the Lord, taking great delight in his commands.
- Psalms 119:16I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.
- Ecclesiastes 3:12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy the good life.
- Isaiah 64:5You welcome the one who joyfully does what is right; they remember you in your ways. But we have sinned, and you were angry. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?
- John 4:34“My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work,” Jesus told them.
- Romans 7:22For in my inner self I delight in God’s law,
- Proverbs 21:12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he brings the wicked to ruin.
- Proverbs 5:20Why, my son, would you lose yourself with a forbidden woman or embrace a wayward woman?
- Proverbs 10:29The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the honorable, but destruction awaits evildoers.
- Matthew 7:23Then I will announce to them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you lawbreakers!’
- Matthew 13:41The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom all who cause sin and those guilty of lawlessness.
- Luke 13:27But he will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know you or where you’re from. Get away from me, all you evildoers!’
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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