Proverbs 21:15
It is the joy of the righteous to do judgment: but a holy man is abominable with evil-doers.
LXX2012 (US English)
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 secret gift calms anger: but he that forbears to give stirs up strong wrath.
Cross References
Psalms 40:8They denounced a wicked word against me, saying, Now that he lies, shall he not rise up again? 1
Proverbs 5:20Be not intimate with a strange woman, neither fold yourself in the arms of a woman not your own.
Proverbs 21:12A righteous man understands the hearts of the ungodly: and despises the ungodly for their wickedness.
Isaiah 64:5For these blessings shall happen to them that work righteousness, and they shall remember your ways: behold, you were angry and we have sinned; therefore we have erred,
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 →