New King James Version
Proverbs 21:15
15It is a joy for the just to do justice, But destruction will come 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 Living Translation (NLT)Justice is a joy to the godly, but it terrifies evildoers.
Context of Proverbs 21:15
13Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor Will also cry himself and not be heard. 14A gift in secret pacifies anger, And a bribe behind the back, strong wrath. It is a joy for the just to do justice, But destruction will come to the workers of iniquity. 16A man who wanders from the way of understanding Will rest in the assembly of the dead. 17He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; He who loves wine and oil will not be 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 29:12Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and the one who had no helper.
- Psalms 40:8I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law is within my heart.”
- Psalms 112:1Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, Who delights greatly in His commandments.
- Psalms 119:16I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
- Ecclesiastes 3:12I know that nothing is better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives,
- Isaiah 64:5You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. You are indeed angry, for we have sinned— In these ways we continue; And we need to be saved.
- John 4:34Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.
- Romans 7:22For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man.
- Proverbs 21:12The righteous God wisely considers the house of the wicked, Overthrowing the wicked for their wickedness.
- Proverbs 5:20For why should you, my son, be enraptured by an immoral woman, And be embraced in the arms of a seductress?
- Proverbs 10:29The way of the Lord is strength for the upright, But destruction will come to the workers of iniquity.
- Matthew 7:23And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
- Matthew 13:41The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness,
- Luke 13:27But He will say, ‘I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you 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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