Devine Scripture

Proverbs 21:15

Proverbs chapter 21 · verse 15 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.14A gift in secret pacifieth anger; And a present in the bosom, strong wrath.

v.15This passage

v.16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Romans 7:22

    For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

  • Proverbs 10:29

    The way of Jehovah is a stronghold to the upright; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

  • Proverbs 5:20

    For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

  • Matthew 13:41

    The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity,

  • Ecclesiastes 3:12

    I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.

  • Luke 13:27

    and he shall say, I tell you, I know not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.