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Proverbs 21:15

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

KJV

Gaudium justo est facere judicium, et pavor operantibus iniquitatem.

Vulgate

εὐφροσύνη δικαίων ποιεῖ κρίμα, ὅσιος δὲ ἀκάθαρτος παρὰ κακούργοις.

LXX

It is joy to the righteous to do justice; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

ASV

שִׂמְחָ֣ה לַ֭/צַּדִּיק עֲשׂ֣וֹת מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝/מְחִתָּ֗ה לְ/פֹ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָֽוֶן
'vn
noun · 78×
י
y
noun · 422×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
מְחִתָּה
mchth
noun · 11×
פֹּ֣עֲלֵי
p'ly
verb · 55×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
שִׂמְחָֽה
shmchh
noun · 93×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eccl 3:12 — I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
  • Isa 64:5 — Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
  • Job 29:12 — Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
  • Matt 7:23 — And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
  • Matt 13:41 — The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
  • Prov 10:29 — The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
  • Prov 10:29 — The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
  • Ps 40:8 — I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.