Proverbs 21:15 “Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the worker…”

Proverbs 21:15

Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

World English Bible

It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

American Standard Version

It is joy to the righteous to do justice; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

Geneva Bible 1599

It is ioye to the iust to doe iudgement: but destruction shalbe to the workers of iniquitie.

Darby Translation

It is joy to a righteous [man] to do what is right; but it is ruin for the workers of iniquity.

Young's Literal Translation

To do justice [is] joy to the righteous, But ruin to workers of iniquity.

Bible in Basic English

It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.

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Cross references

“joy”

Ecclesiastes 3:12 Isaiah 64:5 Job 29:12–17 Psalm 40:8 Psalm 112:1 Psalm 119:16

Ecclesiastes 3:12 · BSB

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,

Isaiah 64:5 · BSB

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?

Job 29:12–17 · BSB

because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

Psalm 40:8 · BSB

I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”

Psalm 112:1 · BSB

Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.

Psalm 119:16 · BSB

I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.

“destruction”

Proverbs 10:29 Matthew 7:23 Proverbs 21:12 Proverbs 5:20 Matthew 13:41 Matthew 13:42

Proverbs 10:29 · BSB

The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.

Matthew 7:23 · BSB

Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’

Proverbs 21:12 · BSB

The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.

Proverbs 5:20 · BSB

Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Matthew 13:41 · BSB

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.

Matthew 13:42 · BSB

And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.

16The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.

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