Proverbs 21:15
Good/Righteous people are happy when they see others do what is just/fair, but those who do what is evil are terrified when they think about what may happen to them.
Translation for Translators
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
14When someone is angry with you, if you secretly give him a gift, he will stop being angry.
Cross References
Psalms 40:8O my God, I delight to do what you desire; I keep your laws within my inner being.
Psalms 119:16I will be happy to obey ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►, and I will not forget your words.
Proverbs 5:20My son, do not be [RHQ] captivated/charmed by an immoral woman! Do not fondle the breasts of another man’s wife!
Proverbs 21:12God, the one who is completely righteous, knows what happens inside the houses of wicked people, and he will cause those people to be completely ruined/destroyed.
Isaiah 64:5You help those who joyfully do what is right, those who conduct their lives as you want them to. But we did not do that; we continued to sin, and so you became angry with us. We have been sinning for a long time, so only if we continually do what you want us to do will we be saved.
Matthew 13:41I, the one who came from heaven, will send my angels, and they will gather from everywhere the people who cause others to quit believing in me [MET] and all those who disobey God’s commands.
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 →