Proverbs 21:15

New English Translation

Doing justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to those who do evil.

Cross References

Psalm 112:1

Praise the Lord! How blessed is the one who obeys the Lord, who takes great delight in keeping his commands.

Psalm 119:16

I find delight in your statutes; I do not forget your instructions. ג (Gimel)

Psalm 119:92

If I had not found encouragement in your law, I would have died in my sorrow.

Psalm 40:8

I want to do what pleases you, my God. Your law dominates my thoughts.”

Proverbs 10:29

The way of the Lord is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.

Proverbs 21:12

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

Proverbs 21:16

The one who wanders from the way of wisdom will end up in the company of the departed.

Proverbs 5:20

But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?

Ecclesiastes 3:12

I have concluded that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to enjoy themselves as long as they live,

Isaiah 64:5

You assist those who delight in doing what is right, who observe your commandments. Look, you were angry because we violated them continually. How then can we be saved?

Matthew 7:23

Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’

John 4:34

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

Romans 7:22

For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.