Proverbs 21:15
Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.
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joy

Job 29:12-17
because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper. . . .

Psalm 40:8
I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart."

Psalm 112:1
Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.

Psalm 119:16, 92
I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word. . . .

Ecclesiastes 3:12
I know that there is nothing better for men than to rejoice and do good while they live,

Isaiah 64:5
You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?

John 4:34
Jesus explained, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

Romans 7:22
For in my inner being I delight in God's Law.

destruction

Proverbs 21:12
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; He brings the wicked to ruin.

Proverbs 5:20
Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Proverbs 10:29
The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.

Matthew 7:23
Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness.'

Matthew 13:41, 42
The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness. . . .

Luke 13:27, 28
And he will answer, 'I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.' . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The exercise of justice is joy for the righteous, But is terror to the workers of iniquity.

King James Bible
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Justice executed is a joy to the righteous but a terror to those who practice iniquity.

International Standard Version
Administering justice brings joy to the righteous, but terror to those who practice iniquity.

NET Bible
Doing justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to those who do evil.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The joy of the righteous works justice, and ruin to evildoers.
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