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Proverbs 21:15

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

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Proverbs 21:15 in other translations

KJV King James Version

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

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.

NHEB New Heart English Bible

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

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In context

12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

13 Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

14 A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.

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

16 The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the departed spirits.

17 He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.

18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, the treacherous for the upright.

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