Proverbs 21:15

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

It is joy to the just to do judgment: and dread to them that work iniquity.

GNV

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

JPS

To do justly is joy to the righteous, but ruin to the workers of iniquity.

LXXE

It is the joy of the righteous to do judgment: but a holy man is abominable with evil-doers.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

שִׂמְחָ֣ה לַ֭צַּדִּיק עֲשׂ֣וֹת מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝מְחִתָּ֗ה לְפֹ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃

LXX-Br

Εὐφροσύνη δικαίων ποιεῖν κρίμα, ὅσιος δὲ ἀκάθαρτος παρὰ κακούργοις.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 10:29The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.
• Matthew 7:23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
• 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?
• Ecclesiastes 3:12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
• Psalms 40:8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
• Job 29:12–17because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper. The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my…
• Matthew 13:41–42The 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. And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and…
• Psalms 119:16I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
• Luke 13:27–28And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.’ There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom…
• Psalms 112:1Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
• Proverbs 21:12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.
• Proverbs 5:20Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
• 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.
• Psalms 119:92If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.

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