Proverbs 21:15

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

A joy for the righteous is doing justice, and a terror for the workers of iniquity.

Latin

Gaudium justo est facere judicium, et pavor operantibus iniquitatem.

Hebrew

English

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

God is fair, so he rewards good people and punishes bad ones. This is why good people love justice, and bad people fear it.

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!’
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?
Ecclesiastes 3:12
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
Job 29:12–17
…because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
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.
Psalm 40:8
I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
John 4:34
Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
Psalm 112:1
Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
Psalm 119:16
I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
Proverbs 5:20
Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
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.’