Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who delights greatly in his mitzvot.
Proverbs 21:15 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 It is joy to the just to do judgment: But destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) It is joy to the righteous to do justice; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity. Common English Bible Acting justly is a joy to the righteous, but dreaded by those who do evil. Catholic Public Domain Version It is gladness for the just to do judgment; and it is dread for those who work iniquity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version It is joy to the just to do judgment: and dread to them that work iniquity. |
Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who delights greatly in his mitzvot.
Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.*
The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.
The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.
You meet him who rejoices and works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways: behold, you were angry, and we sinned: in them [have we been] of long time; and shall we be saved?
Then I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'
Yeshua said to them, *My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.