Proverbs 21:15

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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

Cross References

Proverbs 10:29

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

Matthew 7:23

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

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?

Ecclesiastes 3:12

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

Proverbs 21:12

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

Proverbs 5:20

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

Romans 7:22

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

John 4:34

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

Proverbs 21:16

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