Proverbs 21:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁵ Justice executed is a joy to the righteous but a terror to evildoers.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ It is joy to the just to do judgment: But destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous (the upright, in right standing with God), but to the evildoers it is dismay, calamity, and ruin.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ It is joy to the righteous to do justice; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Acting justly is a joy to the righteous, but dreaded by those who do evil.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ It is gladness for the just to do judgment; and it is dread for those who work iniquity.

Proverbs 21:15 Cross References

Proverbs 10:29

The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the honourable, but destruction awaits evildoers.

Proverbs 21:12

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

Proverbs 21:16

The person who strays from the way of prudence will come to rest in the assembly of the departed spirits.

Proverbs 5:20

Why, my son, would you lose yourself with a forbidden woman or embrace a wayward woman?

Ecclesiastes 3:12

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy the  good life.

Isaiah 64:5

You welcome the one who joyfully does what is right; they remember you in your ways. But we have sinned, and you were angry. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?

Matthew 7:23

Then I will announce to them, “I never knew you. Depart from me, you lawbreakers!”   ,,

John 4:34

‘My food is to do the will of him   who sent me   and to finish his work,’   Jesus told them.

Romans 7:22

For in my inner self  I delight in God’s law,