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Proverbs 21:15

It is simchah to the tzaddik to do mishpat, 1 but terror for the po'alei aven (workers of iniquity). 1

Orthodox Jewish 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 mattan (gift) in secret pacifieth af (anger), 1 and a shochad (bribe) in the kheyk (bosom), + 21:14 i.e., a concealed bribe strong wrath. 1

16The adam that wandereth astray from the derech haseichel (road of understanding) 1 shall rest in the kahal of the refa'im (congregation of the dead). 1

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Cross References

Psalms 40:8Then said I, Hinei, I come; 1 in the megillat sefer it is written of me, + 40:8 cf MJ 10:5-7 1

Psalms 119:16I will delight myself in Thy chukkim; 1 I will not forget Thy Davar. ג GIMEL 1

Proverbs 5:20And why wilt thou, beni (my son), be intoxicated with a zarah (strange woman), 1 and embrace the kheyk (bosom) of a nochriyah (foreign [heathen] woman)? 1

Proverbs 21:12The tzaddik (righteous one) wisely considereth the bais of the rashah, 1 and hurleth the resha'im to rah. 1

Isaiah 64:5But we are all as the tameh (unclean thing), 1 and kol tzidkoteinu (all our righteousness, our righteous deeds, works) are like beged iddim (filthy rags, a garment of menstruation); 1 and we all do fade like the aleh (leaf); 1 and avoneinu (our iniquities), like the ruach, have taken us away. 1

Matthew 13:41The Bar Enosh + 13:41 Moshiach will send forth his malachim, and they will pull up and gather out of the Moshiachʼs Malchut all the things making meshummad (apostate) and the ones who are without gezetz (law) and antinomian. + 13:41 see Ro 6:1-2

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 →

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