Proverbs 21:15
It is the joy of the righteous to do judgment: 1 But a holy man is abominable with evildoers. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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: 1 But he that forbears to give stirs up strong wrath. 1
16A man that wanders out of the way of righteousness, 1 Shall rest in the congregation of giants. 1
Cross References
Psalms 40:8All my enemies whispered against me; 1 Against me they devised my hurt. 1
Proverbs 5:20Be not intimate with a strange woman, 1 Neither fold thyself in the arms of a woman not thine own. 1
Proverbs 21:12A righteous man understands the hearts of the ungodly: 1 And despises the ungodly for their wickedness. 1
Isaiah 64:5and we are all become as unclean, and all our righteousness as a filthy rag: and we have fallen as leaves because of our iniquities; thus the wind shall carry us away.
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 →