Proverbs 21:15
When justice is done, the good are happy, but it brings terror to those who do evil.
Free Bible Version
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 given in secret calms down anger, and a hidden bribe soothes furious rage.
16Anyone who wanders away from the path of understanding ends up with the dead.
Cross References
Psalms 40:8I am pleased to do your will, my God—your Law guides my mind.”
Psalms 119:16I will take pleasure in following your directions; I won't forget what you say.
Proverbs 5:20Why, my son, become intoxicated with an immoral woman? Why embrace the breasts of a woman who acts like a prostitute?
Proverbs 21:12The God of justice sees what happens in the homes of the wicked, and brings the wicked down in disaster.
Isaiah 64:5You join with those who are glad, and with those who do what's right and remember to follow your ways. But when we went on sinning, you became angry. How can we be saved if we go on like this?
Matthew 13:41The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will gather up every sinful thing and everyone who does evil,
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 →