Proverbs 21:15 · KJV
“{It is} joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction {shall be} to the workers of iniquity.”
— Proverbs 21:15
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
Proverbs 21 — Context
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
14A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
15{It is} joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction {shall be} to the workers of iniquity.
16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
17He that loveth pleasure {shall be} a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. {pleasure: or, sport}
Cross References
Proverbs 10:29
The way of the LORD {is} strength to the upright: but destruction {shall be} to the workers of iniquity.
Matthew 7:23
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Isaiah 64:5
Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, {those that} remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
Ecclesiastes 3:12
I know that {there is} no good in them, but for {a man} to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
Psalms 40:8
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law {is} within my heart. {within...: Heb. in the midst of my bowels}
Job 29:12-17
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and {him that had} none to help him.
Matthew 13:41-42
The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; {things...: or, scandals}
Psalms 119:16
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.