Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 21:15
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Berean Standard Bible
Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.
King James Version
[It is] joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.
World English Bible
It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
American Standard Version
It is joy to the righteous to do justice; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 21
13 Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
14 A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.
15 Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.
16 The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
17 He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
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