Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments!
Proverbs 21:15 - Revised Standard Version When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous, but dismay to evildoers. 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 greatly delights in his commandments!
If thy law had not been my delight, I should have perished in my affliction.
The Lord is a stronghold to him whose way is upright, but destruction to evildoers.
The righteous observes the house of the wicked; the wicked are cast down to ruin.
A man who wanders from the way of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
Why should you be infatuated, my son, with a loose woman and embrace the bosom of an adventuress?
I know that there is nothing better for them than to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live;
Thou meetest him that joyfully works righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways. Behold, thou wast angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?
And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers.’
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.