Verse 15

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

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?