Proverbs 21:15
It is joy to the righteous to do justice;but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
New Heart English 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 gift in secret pacifies anger;and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.
16The man who wanders out of the way of understandingshall rest in the assembly of the dead.
Cross References
Psalms 40:8I delight to do your will, my God.Yes, your Law is within my heart."
Psalms 119:16I will delight myself in your statutes.I will not forget your word.GIMEL
Proverbs 5:20For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress?Why embrace the bosom of another?
Proverbs 21:12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked,and brings the wicked to ruin.
Isaiah 64:5You meet him who rejoices and works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned. We have been in sin for a long time; and shall we be saved?
Matthew 13:41The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity,
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 →