Proverbs 21:15

Geneva Bible (1560)

It is ioye to the iust to doe iudgement: but destruction shalbe to the workers of iniquitie.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:29 : 29 The way of the Lord is strength to the vpright man: but feare shall be for the workers of iniquitie.
  • Prov 21:12 : 12 The righteous teacheth the house of the wicked: but God ouerthroweth the wicked for their euill.
  • Eccl 3:12 : 12 I know that there is nothing good in them, but to reioyce, and to doe good in his life.
  • Isa 64:5 : 5 Thou diddest meete him, that reioyced in thee, and did iustly: they remembred thee in thy wayes: beholde, thou art angrie, for we haue sinned: yet in them is continuance, and we shal be saued.
  • Matt 7:23 : 23 And then will I professe to them, I neuer knewe you: depart from me, ye that worke iniquitie.
  • Matt 13:41-42 : 41 The Sonne of man shal send forth his Angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which doe iniquitie, 42 And shall cast them into a fornace of fire. There shalbe wailing and gnashing of teeth.
  • Luke 13:27-28 : 27 But he shall say, I tell you, I knowe you not whence ye are: depart from me, all ye workers of iniquitie. 28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth when ye shall see Abraham and Isaac, and Iacob, and all the Prophets in the kingdome of God, and your selues thrust out at doores.
  • John 4:34 : 34 Iesus saide vnto them, My meate is that I may doe the will of him that sent me, and finish his worke.
  • Rom 7:22 : 22 For I delite in the Law of God, concerning the inner man:
  • Job 29:12-17 : 12 For I deliuered the poore that cryed, and the fatherlesse, and him that had none to helpe him. 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish, came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce. 14 I put on iustice, and it couered me: my iudgement was as a robe, and a crowne. 15 I was the eyes to the blinde, and I was the feete to the lame. 16 I was a father vnto the poore, and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently. 17 I brake also the chawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the praye out of his teeth.
  • Ps 40:8 : 8 I desired to doe thy good will, O my God: yea, thy Lawe is within mine heart.
  • Ps 112:1 : 1 Prayse ye the Lord. Blessed is the man, that feareth the Lord, and deliteth greatly in his commandements.
  • Ps 119:16 : 16 I will delite in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy worde.
  • Ps 119:92 : 92 Except thy Lawe had bene my delite, I should now haue perished in mine affliction.
  • Prov 5:20 : 20 For why shouldest thou delite, my sonne, in a strange woman, or embrace the bosome of a stranger?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 10:29
    80%

    29 The way of the Lord is strength to the vpright man: but feare shall be for the workers of iniquitie.

  • Prov 21:7
    78%

    7 The robberie of the wicked shall destroy them: for they haue refused to execute iudgement.

  • Job 31:3
    77%

    3 Is not destruction to the wicked & strange punishment to the workers of iniquitie?

  • Prov 11:18-20
    3 verses
    76%

    18 The wicked worketh a deceitful worke: but hee that soweth righteousnes, shall receiue a sure rewarde.

    19 As righteousnes leadeth to life: so hee that followeth euill, seeketh his owne death.

    20 They that are of a froward heart, are abomination to the Lord: but they that are vpright in their way, are his delite.

  • Job 22:19
    75%

    19 The righteous shal see them, & shal reioyce, and the innocent shal laugh them to scorne.

  • Prov 12:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20 Deceite is in the heart of them that imagine euill: but to the counsellers of peace shall be ioye.

    21 There shal none iniquitie come to the iust: but the wicked are full of euill.

  • Prov 29:6
    75%

    6 In the transgression of an euill man is his snare: but the righteous doeth sing and reioyce.

  • Prov 21:12
    75%

    12 The righteous teacheth the house of the wicked: but God ouerthroweth the wicked for their euill.

  • Prov 11:10
    74%

    10 In the prosperitie of the righteous the citie reioyceth, and when the wicked perish, there is ioye.

  • Prov 13:6
    73%

    6 Righteousnesse preserueth the vpright of life: but wickednes ouerthroweth the sinner.

  • Prov 2:14
    73%

    14 Which reioyce in doing euill, and delite in the frowardnesse of the wicked,

  • Isa 3:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10 Say ye, Surely it shalbe well with the iust: for they shall eate the fruite of their workes.

    11 Woe be to the wicked, it shalbe euill with him: for the reward of his handes shalbe giuen him.

  • Prov 13:21
    73%

    21 Affliction followeth sinners: but vnto the righteous God will recompense good.

  • Ps 94:15
    73%

    15 For iudgement shal returne to iustice, and all the vpright in heart shall followe after it.

  • Ps 107:42
    73%

    42 The righteous shall see it, and reioyce, and all iniquitie shall stoppe her mouth.

  • Job 21:30
    73%

    30 But the wicked is kept vnto the day of destruction, and they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

  • Prov 10:16
    73%

    16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: but the reuenues of the wicked to sinne.

  • Prov 11:3
    73%

    3 The vprightnes of the iust shal guide them: but the frowardnes of the transgressers shall destroy them.

  • Prov 11:23
    73%

    23 The desire of the righteous is onely good: but the hope of the wicked is indignation.

  • Ps 97:11
    72%

    11 Light is sowen for the righteous, and ioy for the vpright in heart.

  • Ps 92:7
    72%

    7 (When the wicked growe as the grasse, and all the workers of wickednesse doe flourish) that they shall be destroyed for euer.

  • Ps 34:21
    72%

    21 But malice shal slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous, shall perish.

  • Prov 29:27
    72%

    27 A wicked man is abomination to the iust, and he that is vpright in his way, is abomination to the wicked.

  • Prov 11:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5 The righteousnes of the vpright shal direct his way: but the wicked shall fall in his owne wickednes.

    6 The righteousnesse of the iust shall deliuer them: but the transgressers shall be taken in their owne wickednes.

  • Prov 28:12
    72%

    12 When righteous men reioyce, there is great glory: but when the wicked come vp, the man is tried.

  • Ps 58:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10 The righteous shall reioyce when he seeeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feete in the blood of the wicked.

    11 And men shall say, Verily there is fruite for the righteous: doutlesse there is a God that iudgeth in the earth.

  • Isa 5:23
    72%

    23 Which iustifie the wicked for a rewarde, and take away the righteousnesse of the righteous from him.

  • Prov 13:9
    72%

    9 The light of the righteous reioyceth: but the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Prov 11:31
    71%

    31 Beholde, the righteous shalbe recompensed in the earth: howe much more the wicked and the sinner?

  • Prov 15:21
    71%

    21 Foolishnes is ioy to him that is destitute of vnderstanding: but a man of vnderstanding walketh vprightly.

  • Prov 13:15
    71%

    15 Good vnderstanding maketh acceptable: but the way of the disobedient is hated.

  • Prov 16:12
    71%

    12 It is an abomination to Kings to commit wickednes: for the throne is stablished by iustice.

  • Prov 21:3
    71%

    3 To doe iustice and iudgement is more acceptable to the Lord then sacrifice.

  • Ps 37:38
    71%

    38 But the transgressours shall be destroyed together, and the ende of the wicked shall bee cut off.

  • Prov 14:11
    71%

    11 The house of the wicked shalbe destroyed: but the tabernacle of the righteous shall florish.

  • Prov 17:15
    71%

    15 He that iustifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the iust, euen they both are abomination to the Lord.

  • Deut 25:1
    71%

    1 When there shall be strife betweene men, and they shall come vnto iudgement, and sentence shall be giuen vpon them, and the righteous shall be iustified, and the wicked condemned,

  • Job 15:21
    71%

    21 A sounde of feare is in his eares, and in his prosperitie the destroyer shall come vpon him.

  • Eccl 8:14
    71%

    14 There is a vanitie, which is done vpon the earth, that there be righteous men to whom it commeth according to the worke of the wicked: and there be wicked men to whom it commeth according to the worke of the iust: I thought also that this is vanitie.

  • Prov 29:2
    71%

    2 When the righteous are in authoritie, the people reioyce: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people sigh.

  • Prov 24:15
    71%

    15 Laye no waite, O wicked man, against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.

  • Prov 24:25
    71%

    25 But to them that rebuke him, shall be pleasure, and vpon them shall come the blessing of goodnesse.

  • Amos 5:7
    71%

    7 They turne iudgement to wormewood, and leaue off righteousnes in the earth.

  • Prov 14:19
    71%

    19 The euill shall bowe before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.