Proverbs 21:15

New American Bible - revised edition

When justice is done it is a joy for the just, downfall for evildoers.

Cross References

Psalm 112:1

Hallelujah! Blessed the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commands.

Psalm 119:16

In your statutes I take delight; I will never forget your word.

Psalm 119:92

Had your law not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

Psalm 40:8

so I said, “See; I come with an inscribed scroll written upon me.

Proverbs 10:29

The Lord is a stronghold to those who walk honestly, downfall for evildoers.

Proverbs 21:12

The Righteous One appraises the house of the wicked, bringing down the wicked to ruin.

Proverbs 21:16

Whoever strays from the way of good sense will abide in the assembly of the shades.

Proverbs 5:20

Why then, my son, should you be intoxicated with a stranger, and embrace another woman?

Ecclesiastes 3:12

I recognized that there is nothing better than to rejoice and to do well during life.

Isaiah 64:5

We have all become like something unclean, all our just deeds are like polluted rags; We have all withered like leaves, and our crimes carry us away like the wind.

Matthew 7:23

Then I will declare to them solemnly, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you evildoers.’ The Two Foundations.

John 4:34

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to finish his work.

Romans 7:22

For I take delight in the law of God, in my inner self,