Proverbs 21:15
It is ioye to the iust to doe iudgement: but destruction shalbe to the workers of iniquitie.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 in secret pacifieth anger, and a gift in the bosome great wrath.
16A man that wandreth out of the way of wisdome, shall remaine in the congregation of the dead.
Cross References
Psalms 40:8I desired to doe thy good will, O my God: yea, thy Lawe is within mine heart.
Psalms 119:16I will delite in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy worde.
Proverbs 5:20For why shouldest thou delite, my sonne, in a strange woman, or embrace the bosome of a stranger?
Proverbs 21:12The righteous teacheth the house of the wicked: but God ouerthroweth the wicked for their euill.
Isaiah 64:5Thou diddest meete him, that reioyced in thee, and did iustly: they remembred thee in thy wayes: beholde, thou art angrie, for we haue sinned: yet in them is continuance, and we shall be saued.
Matthew 13:41The Sonne of man shall send forth his Angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which doe iniquitie,
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 →