Proverbs 21:15

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ [It is] joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:29 : 29 ¶ The way of the LORD [is] strength to the upright: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.
  • Prov 21:12 : 12 ¶ The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness.
  • Eccl 3:12 : 12 I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
  • Isa 64:5 : 5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, [those that] remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
  • Matt 7:23 : 23 ‹And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.›
  • Matt 13:41-42 : 41 ‹The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;› 42 ‹And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.›
  • Luke 13:27-28 : 27 ‹But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all› [ye] ‹workers of iniquity.› 28 ‹There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you› [yourselves] ‹thrust out.›
  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus saith unto them, ‹My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.›
  • Rom 7:22 : 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
  • Job 29:12-17 : 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him. 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem. 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet [was] I to the lame. 16 I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out. 17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
  • Ps 40:8 : 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my heart.
  • Ps 112:1 : 1 ¶ Praise ye the LORD. Blessed [is] the man [that] feareth the LORD, [that] delighteth greatly in his commandments.
  • Ps 119:16 : 16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
  • Ps 119:92 : 92 ¶ Unless thy law [had been] my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
  • Prov 5:20 : 20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 10:29
    80%

    29 ¶ The way of the LORD [is] strength to the upright: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 21:7
    78%

    7 ¶ The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

  • Job 31:3
    77%

    3 [Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity?

  • Prov 11:18-20
    3 verses
    76%

    18 ¶ The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.

    19 ¶ As righteousness [tendeth] to life: so he that pursueth evil [pursueth it] to his own death.

    20 ¶ They that are of a froward heart [are] abomination to the LORD: but [such as are] upright in [their] way [are] his delight.

  • Job 22:19
    75%

    19 The righteous see [it], and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

  • Prov 12:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20 ¶ Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy.

    21 ¶ There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

  • Prov 29:6
    75%

    6 ¶ In the transgression of an evil man [there is] a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

  • Prov 21:12
    75%

    12 ¶ The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness.

  • Prov 11:10
    74%

    10 ¶ When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, [there is] shouting.

  • Prov 13:6
    73%

    6 ¶ Righteousness keepeth [him that is] upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

  • Prov 2:14
    73%

    14 Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

  • Isa 3:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10 Say ye to the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

    11 Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

  • Prov 13:21
    73%

    21 ¶ Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

  • Ps 94:15
    73%

    15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

  • Ps 107:42
    73%

    42 The righteous shall see [it], and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

  • Job 21:30
    73%

    30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

  • Prov 10:16
    73%

    16 ¶ The labour of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

  • Prov 11:3
    73%

    3 ¶ The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

  • Prov 11:23
    73%

    23 ¶ The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.

  • Ps 97:11
    72%

    11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

  • Ps 92:7
    72%

    7 ¶ When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; [it is] that they shall be destroyed for ever:

  • Ps 34:21
    72%

    21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

  • Prov 29:27
    72%

    27 ¶ An unjust man [is] an abomination to the just: and [he that is] upright in the way [is] abomination to the wicked.

  • Prov 11:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5 ¶ The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

    6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness.

  • Prov 28:12
    72%

    12 ¶ When righteous [men] do rejoice, [there is] great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.

  • Ps 58:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

    11 So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

  • Isa 5:23
    72%

    23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

  • Prov 13:9
    72%

    9 ¶ The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Prov 11:31
    71%

    31 ¶ Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

  • Prov 15:21
    71%

    21 ¶ Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

  • Prov 13:15
    71%

    15 ¶ Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors [is] hard.

  • Prov 16:12
    71%

    12 ¶ [It is] an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

  • Prov 21:3
    71%

    3 ¶ To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

  • Ps 37:38
    71%

    38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Prov 14:11
    71%

    11 ¶ The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

  • Prov 17:15
    71%

    15 ¶ He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both [are] abomination to the LORD.

  • Deut 25:1
    71%

    1 ¶ If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that [the judges] may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

  • Job 15:21
    71%

    21 A dreadful sound [is] in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

  • Eccl 8:14
    71%

    14 ¶ There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.

  • Prov 29:2
    71%

    2 ¶ When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

  • Prov 24:15
    71%

    15 ¶ Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

  • Prov 24:25
    71%

    25 But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

  • Amos 5:7
    71%

    7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

  • Prov 14:19
    71%

    19 ¶ The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.