Proverbs 21:15

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

To do justice `is' joy to the righteous, But ruin to workers of iniquity.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:29 : 29 The way of Jehovah `is' strength to the perfect, And ruin to workers of iniquity.
  • Prov 21:12 : 12 The Righteous One is acting wisely Towards the house of the wicked, He is overthrowing the wicked for wickedness.
  • Eccl 3:12 : 12 I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,
  • Isa 64:5 : 5 Thou hast met with the rejoicer And the doer of righteousness, In Thy ways they remember Thee, Lo, Thou hast been wroth when we sin, By them `is' continuance, and we are saved.
  • Matt 7:23 : 23 and then I will acknowledge to them, that -- I never knew you, depart from me ye who are working lawlessness.
  • Matt 13:41-42 : 41 the Son of Man shall send forth his messengers, and they shall gather up out of his kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those doing the unlawlessness, 42 and shall cast them to the furnace of the fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.
  • Luke 13:27-28 : 27 and he shall say, I say to you, I have not known you whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of the unrighteousness. 28 `There shall be there the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth, when ye may see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the reign of God, and yourselves being cast out without;
  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus saith to them, `My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;
  • Rom 7:22 : 22 for I delight in the law of God according to the inward man,
  • Job 29:12-17 : 12 For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper. 13 The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing. 14 Righteousness I have put on, and it clotheth me, As a robe and a diadem my justice. 15 Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame `am' I. 16 A father I `am' to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out. 17 And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.
  • Ps 40:8 : 8 To do Thy pleasure, my God, I have delighted, And Thy law `is' within my heart.
  • Ps 112:1 : 1 Praise ye Jah! O the happiness of one fearing Jehovah, In His commands he hath delighted greatly.
  • Ps 119:16 : 16 In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.
  • Ps 119:92 : 92 Unless Thy law `were' my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction.
  • Prov 5:20 : 20 And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 10:29
    80%

    29 The way of Jehovah `is' strength to the perfect, And ruin to workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 21:7
    78%

    7 The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.

  • Job 31:3
    77%

    3 Is not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to workers of iniquity?

  • Prov 11:18-20
    3 verses
    76%

    18 The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward.

    19 Rightly `is' righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil -- for his own death.

    20 An abomination to Jehovah `are' the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way `are' His delight.

  • Job 22:19
    75%

    19 See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,

  • Prov 12:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20 Deceit `is' in the heart of those devising evil, And to those counselling peace `is' joy.

    21 No iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil.

  • Prov 29:6
    75%

    6 In the transgression of the evil `is' a snare, And the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

  • Prov 21:12
    75%

    12 The Righteous One is acting wisely Towards the house of the wicked, He is overthrowing the wicked for wickedness.

  • Prov 11:10
    74%

    10 In the good of the righteous a city exulteth, And in the destruction of the wicked `is' singing.

  • Prov 13:6
    73%

    6 Righteousness keepeth him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthroweth a sin offering.

  • Prov 2:14
    73%

    14 Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,

  • Isa 3:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10 Say ye to the righteous, that `it is' good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat.

    11 Wo to the wicked -- evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.

  • Prov 13:21
    73%

    21 Evil pursueth sinners, And good recompenseth the righteous.

  • Ps 94:15
    73%

    15 For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,

  • Ps 107:42
    73%

    42 The upright do see and rejoice, And all perversity hath shut her mouth.

  • Job 21:30
    73%

    30 That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought.

  • Prov 10:16
    73%

    16 The wage of the righteous `is' for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.

  • Prov 11:3
    73%

    3 The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.

  • Prov 11:23
    73%

    23 The desire of the righteous `is' only good, The hope of the wicked `is' transgression.

  • Ps 97:11
    72%

    11 Light `is' sown for the righteous, And for the upright of heart -- joy.

  • Ps 92:7
    72%

    7 When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity -- For their being destroyed for ever and ever!

  • Ps 34:21
    72%

    21 Evil doth put to death the wicked, And those hating the righteous are desolate.

  • Prov 29:27
    72%

    27 An abomination to the righteous `is' the perverse man, And an abomination to the wicked `is' the upright in the way!

  • Prov 11:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5 The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.

    6 The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.

  • Prov 28:12
    72%

    12 In the exulting of the righteous the glory `is' abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive.

  • Ps 58:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10 The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked.

    11 And man saith: `Surely fruit `is' for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!'

  • Isa 5:23
    72%

    23 Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him.

  • Prov 13:9
    72%

    9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth, And the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

  • Prov 11:31
    71%

    31 Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!

  • Prov 15:21
    71%

    21 Folly is joy to one lacking heart, And a man of intelligence directeth `his' going.

  • Prov 13:15
    71%

    15 Good understanding giveth grace, And the way of the treacherous `is' hard.

  • Prov 16:12
    71%

    12 An abomination to kings `is' doing wickedness, For by righteousness is a throne established.

  • Prov 21:3
    71%

    3 To do righteousness and judgment, Is chosen of Jehovah rather than sacrifice.

  • Ps 37:38
    71%

    38 And transgressors were destroyed together, The latter end of the wicked was cut off.

  • Prov 14:11
    71%

    11 The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth.

  • Prov 17:15
    71%

    15 Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these `are' an abomination to Jehovah.

  • Deut 25:1
    71%

    1 `When there is a strife between men, and they have come nigh unto the judgment, and they have judged, and declared righteous the righteous, and declared wrong the wrong-doer,

  • Job 15:21
    71%

    21 A fearful voice `is' in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.

  • Eccl 8:14
    71%

    14 There is a vanity that hath been done upon the earth, that there are righteous ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the wicked, and there are wicked ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the righteous. I have said that this also `is' vanity.

  • Prov 29:2
    71%

    2 In the multiplying of the righteous the people rejoice, And in the ruling of the wicked the people sigh.

  • Prov 24:15
    71%

    15 Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.

  • Prov 24:25
    71%

    25 And to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh a good blessing.

  • Amos 5:7
    71%

    7 Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,

  • Prov 14:19
    71%

    19 The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.