Proverbs 21:15

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Doing justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to those who do evil.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:29 : 29 The way of the LORD is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.
  • Prov 21:12 : 12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.
  • Eccl 3:12 : 12 Enjoy Life in the Present I have concluded that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to enjoy themselves as long as they live,
  • Isa 64:5 : 5 You assist those who delight in doing what is right, who observe your commandments. Look, you were angry because we violated them continually. How then can we be saved?
  • Matt 7:23 : 23 Then I will declare to them,‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’
  • Matt 13:41-42 : 41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers. 42 They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • Luke 13:27-28 : 27 But he will reply,‘I don’t know where you come from! Go away from me, all you evildoers!’ 28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you yourselves thrown out.
  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said to them,“My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.
  • Rom 7:22 : 22 For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.
  • Job 29:12-17 : 12 for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him; 13 the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice; 14 I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban; 15 I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame; 16 I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know; 17 I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
  • Ps 40:8 : 8 I want to do what pleases you, my God. Your law dominates my thoughts.”
  • Ps 112:1 : 1 Praise the LORD! How blessed is the one who obeys the LORD, who takes great delight in keeping his commands.
  • Ps 119:16 : 16 I find delight in your statutes; I do not forget your instructions.
  • Ps 119:92 : 92 If I had not found encouragement in your law, I would have died in my sorrow.
  • Prov 5:20 : 20 But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 10:29
    80%

    29The way of the LORD is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.

  • Prov 21:7
    78%

    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

  • Job 31:3
    77%

    3Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?

  • Prov 11:18-20
    3 verses
    76%

    18The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

    19True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

    20The LORD abhors those who are perverse in heart, but those who are blameless in their ways are his delight.

  • Job 22:19
    75%

    19The righteous see their destruction and rejoice; the innocent mock them scornfully, saying,

  • Prov 12:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but those who promote peace have joy.

    21No harm will be directed at the righteous, but the wicked are filled with calamity.

  • Prov 29:6
    75%

    6In the transgression of an evil person there is a snare, but a righteous person can sing and rejoice.

  • Prov 21:12
    75%

    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.

  • Prov 11:10
    74%

    10When the righteous do well, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there is joy.

  • Prov 13:6
    73%

    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 2:14
    73%

    14who delight in doing evil, they rejoice in perverse evil;

  • Isa 3:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.

    11Woe to the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.

  • Prov 13:21
    73%

    21Calamity pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

  • Ps 94:15
    73%

    15For justice will prevail, and all the morally upright will be vindicated.

  • Ps 107:42
    73%

    42When the godly see this, they rejoice, and every sinner shuts his mouth.

  • Job 21:30
    73%

    30that the evil man is spared from the day of his misfortune, that he is delivered from the day of God’s wrath?

  • Prov 10:16
    73%

    16The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.

  • Prov 11:3
    73%

    3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys 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%

    11The godly bask in the light; the morally upright experience joy.

  • Ps 92:7
    72%

    7When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.

  • Ps 34:21
    72%

    21Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.

  • Prov 29:27
    72%

    27An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Prov 11:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be ensnared by their own desires.

  • Prov 28:12
    72%

    12When the righteous rejoice, great is the glory, but when the wicked rise to power, people are sought out.

  • Ps 58:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10The godly will rejoice when they see vengeance carried out; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.

    11Then observers will say,“Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded! Yes indeed, there is a God who judges in the earth!”

  • Isa 5:23
    72%

    23They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent.

  • Prov 13:9
    72%

    9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.

  • Prov 11:31
    71%

    31If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!

  • Prov 15:21
    71%

    21Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.

  • Prov 13:15
    71%

    15Keen insight wins favor, but the conduct of the treacherous ends in destruction.

  • Prov 16:12
    71%

    12Doing wickedness is an abomination to kings, because a throne is established in righteousness.

  • Prov 21:3
    71%

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

  • Ps 37:38
    71%

    38Sinful rebels are totally destroyed; evil men have no future.

  • Prov 14:11
    71%

    11The household of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

  • Prov 17:15
    71%

    15The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent– both of them are an abomination to the LORD.

  • Deut 25:1
    71%

    1If controversy arises between people, they should go to court for judgment. When the judges hear the case, they shall exonerate the innocent but condemn the guilty.

  • Job 15:21
    71%

    21Terrifying sounds fill his ears; in a time of peace marauders attack him.

  • Eccl 8:14
    71%

    14Here is another enigma that occurs on earth: Sometimes there are righteous people who get what the wicked deserve, and sometimes there are wicked people who get what the righteous deserve. I said,“This also is an enigma.”

  • Prov 29:2
    71%

    2When the righteous become numerous, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan.

  • Prov 24:15
    71%

    15Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

  • Prov 24:25
    71%

    25But there will be delight for those who convict the guilty, and a pleasing blessing will come on them.

  • Amos 5:7
    71%

    7The Israelites turn justice into bitterness; they throw what is fair and right to the ground.

  • Prov 14:19
    71%

    19Bad people have bowed before good people, and wicked people have bowed at the gates of someone righteous.