King James Version
Proverbs 21:15
15It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Proverbs 21:15 in other versions
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Justice is a joy to the godly, but it terrifies evildoers.
Context of Proverbs 21:15
13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. 14A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath. It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. 16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation 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, and the fatherless, and him 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 the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
- Psalms 119:16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
- Ecclesiastes 3:12I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
- Isaiah 64:5Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
- John 4:34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
- Romans 7:22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
- Proverbs 21:12The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
- Proverbs 5:20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
- Proverbs 10:29The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be 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 offend, and them which do iniquity;
- Luke 13:27But he shall say, I tell you, I know you 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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