Proverbs 21:15
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It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.
In other translations
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Proverbs 10:29The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.
- Matthew 7:23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
- Ecclesiastes 3:12I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
- 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.You 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 13:41-4241 The 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; 42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.41 The 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. 42 And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Job 29:12-1712 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.12 because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper. 13 The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy. 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban. 15 I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.
- Psalm 40:8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
- Proverbs 5:20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
- Proverbs 21:12The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.
- Psalm 119:16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
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