Proverbs 21:15

World English Bible (2000)

It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:29 : 29 The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
  • Prov 21:12 : 12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.
  • Eccl 3:12 : 12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.
  • Isa 64:5 : 5 You meet him who rejoices and works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned. We have been in sin for a long time; and shall we be saved?
  • Matt 7:23 : 23 Then I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'
  • Matt 13:41-42 : 41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity, 42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
  • Luke 13:27-28 : 27 He will say, 'I tell you, I don't know where you come 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 yourselves being thrown outside.
  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
  • Rom 7:22 : 22 For I delight in God's law after the inward man,
  • Job 29:12-17 : 12 Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had none to help him, 13 the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem. 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. 16 I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out. 17 I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
  • Ps 40:8 : 8 I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart."
  • Ps 112:1 : 1 Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.
  • Ps 119:16 : 16 I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word. GIMEL
  • Ps 119:92 : 92 Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
  • Prov 5:20 : 20 For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 10:29
    80%

    29 The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 21:7
    78%

    7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

  • Job 31:3
    77%

    3 Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?

  • Prov 11:18-20
    3 verses
    76%

    18 Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

    19 He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.

    20 Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.

  • Job 22:19
    75%

    19 The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,

  • Prov 12:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20 Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.

    21 No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

  • Prov 29:6
    75%

    6 An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad.

  • Prov 21:12
    75%

    12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

  • Prov 11:10
    74%

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

  • Prov 13:6
    73%

    6 Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 2:14
    73%

    14 who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil;

  • Isa 3:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10 Tell the righteous "Good!" For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

    11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.

  • Prov 13:21
    73%

    21 Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

  • Ps 94:15
    73%

    15 For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.

  • Ps 107:42
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    42 The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.

  • Job 21:30
    73%

    30 that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

  • Prov 10:16
    73%

    16 The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

  • Prov 11:3
    73%

    3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

  • Prov 11:23
    73%

    23 The desire of the righteous is only good. 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 though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.

  • Ps 34:21
    72%

    21 Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

  • Prov 29:27
    72%

    27 A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked.

  • Prov 11:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

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

    6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

  • Prov 28:12
    72%

    12 When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.

  • Ps 58:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

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

    11 so that men shall say, "Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth." For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.

  • Isa 5:23
    72%

    23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!

  • Prov 13:9
    72%

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

  • Prov 11:31
    71%

    31 Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner!

  • Prov 15:21
    71%

    21 Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

  • Prov 13:15
    71%

    15 Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

  • Prov 16:12
    71%

    12 It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.

  • Prov 21:3
    71%

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

  • Ps 37:38
    71%

    38 As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Prov 14:11
    71%

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

  • Prov 17:15
    71%

    15 He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

  • Deut 25:1
    71%

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

  • Job 15:21
    71%

    21 A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.

  • Eccl 8:14
    71%

    14 There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous 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%

    2 When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

  • Prov 24:15
    71%

    15 Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place:

  • Prov 24:25
    71%

    25 but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them.

  • Amos 5:7
    71%

    7 You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth:

  • Prov 14:19
    71%

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