Proverbs 21:15
Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
In Context
14A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.
16The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
Cross References
Psalms 40:8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
Psalms 119:16I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
Proverbs 5:20Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
Proverbs 21:12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.
Isaiah 64:5You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?
Matthew 13:41The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:15
14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath. Here is, 1. The power that is commonly found to be in gifts. Nothing is more violent than anger. O the force of strong wrath! And yet a handsome present, prudently managed, will turn away some men's wrath when it seemed implacable, and disarm the keenest and most passionate resentments. Covetousness is commonly a master-sin and has the command of other lusts. Pecuniæ obediunt omnia — Money commands all things. Thus Jacob pacified Esau and… Read the whole commentary →