Proverbs 21:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

It is a joy for the just to do justice, but destruction awaits 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 considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.
  • Eccl 3:12 : 12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives.
  • Isa 64:5 : 5 You meet him who rejoices and works righteousness, those that remember you in your ways: behold, you are angry; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
  • Matt 7:23 : 23 And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you who practice iniquity.'
  • Matt 13:41-42 : 41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. 42 They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • Luke 13:27-28 : 27 But he will say, I tell you, I do not know you, where you are from; depart from me, all you workers of iniquity. 28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said to them, My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to finish his work.
  • Rom 7:22 : 22 For I delight in the law of God according to the inner man:
  • Job 29:12-17 : 12 Because I delivered the poor who cried out, the fatherless, and the one who had no helper. 13 The blessing of a dying man came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a crown. 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. 16 I was a father to the poor, and I searched out the case I did not know. 17 And I broke the fangs of the wicked, and plucked the victim from his teeth.
  • Ps 40:8 : 8 I delight to do Your will, O my God: yes, Your law is within my heart.
  • Ps 112:1 : 1 Praise the LORD. Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
  • Ps 119:16 : 16 I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
  • Ps 119:92 : 92 Unless Your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
  • Prov 5:20 : 20 And why will you, 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%

    29The way of the LORD is strength to the upright, but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 21:7
    78%

    7The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Job 31:3
    77%

    3Is not destruction for the wicked, and a strange punishment for the workers of iniquity?

  • Prov 11:18-20
    3 verses
    76%

    18The wicked works a deceitful work, but he who sows righteousness shall have a sure reward.

    19As righteousness leads to life, so he who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

    20Those who are of a perverse heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the upright in their way are His delight.

  • Job 22:19
    75%

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

  • Prov 12:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20Deceit is in the heart of those who imagine evil, but to the counselors of peace there is joy.

    21No harm befalls the just, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

  • Prov 29:6
    75%

    6In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous sing and rejoice.

  • Prov 21:12
    75%

    12The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

  • Prov 11:10
    74%

    10When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there is celebration.

  • Prov 13:6
    73%

    6Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 2:14
    73%

    14Who rejoice to do evil and delight in the perversity of the wicked;

  • Isa 3:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10Say to the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

    11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given to him.

  • Prov 13:21
    73%

    21Evil pursues sinners, but to the righteous good shall be repaid.

  • Ps 94:15
    73%

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

  • Ps 107:42
    73%

    42The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop its mouth.

  • Job 21:30
    73%

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

  • Prov 10:16
    73%

    16The labor of the righteous tends to life, the fruit of the wicked to sin.

  • Prov 11:3
    73%

    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the crookedness of transgressors shall destroy them.

  • Prov 11:23
    73%

    23The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Ps 97:11
    72%

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

  • Ps 92:7
    72%

    7When the wicked spring up like the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is so they may be destroyed forever.

  • Ps 34:21
    72%

    21Evil shall slay the wicked: and those who hate the righteous shall be desolate.

  • Prov 29:27
    72%

    27An unjust man is an abomination to the just; and he who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Prov 11:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5The righteousness of the blameless shall direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but transgressors shall be captured by their own evil.

  • Prov 28:12
    72%

    12When righteous men rejoice, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, a man hides himself.

  • Ps 58:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

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

    11So that a man shall say, Truly there is a reward for the righteous: truly he is a God who judges in the earth.

  • Isa 5:23
    72%

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

  • Prov 13:9
    72%

    9The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Prov 11:31
    71%

    31Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed on earth, much more the wicked and the sinner.

  • Prov 15:21
    71%

    21Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

  • Prov 13:15
    71%

    15Good understanding gives favor, but the way of transgressors is hard.

  • Prov 16:12
    71%

    12It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is established by righteousness.

  • Prov 21:3
    71%

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

  • Ps 37:38
    71%

    38But the transgressors shall be destroyed altogether; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Prov 14:11
    71%

    11The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

  • Prov 17:15
    71%

    15He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, both of them are an abomination to the LORD.

  • Deut 25:1
    71%

    1If there is a dispute between men, and they come to judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

  • Job 15:21
    71%

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

  • Eccl 8:14
    71%

    14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth: there are just men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

  • Prov 29:2
    71%

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

  • Prov 24:15
    71%

    15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

  • Prov 24:25
    71%

    25But those who rebuke him shall have delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

  • Amos 5:7
    71%

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

  • Prov 14:19
    71%

    19The evil will bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.