Proverbs 21:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.”
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“Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.”
King James Version · Public Domain“It is joy to the righteous to do justice; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“To do justice <FI>is<Fi> joy to the righteous, But ruin to workers of iniquity.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 21:15 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 29:12because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
- Psalms 40:8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
- Psalms 112:1Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
- Psalms 119:16I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
- Psalms 119:92If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
- Proverbs 5:20Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
- Proverbs 10:29The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.
- Proverbs 21:12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.
- Ecclesiastes 3:12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
- Isaiah 64:5You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?
- Matthew 7:23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
- Matthew 13:41The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.
- Luke 13:27And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.’
- John 4:34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
- Romans 7:22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
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