Proverbs 21:15
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 21
“It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.”Proverbs 21:15
What Does Proverbs 21:15 Mean?
Proverbs 21:15 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 21, verse 15 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 16 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Justice.
Cross-References (16)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 21:15 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 10:29“The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.”Matthew 7:23“And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.”Ecclesiastes 3:12“I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.”Isaiah 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.”Psalms 40:8“I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.”Matthew 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;”Job 31:3“Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?”Psalms 112:1“Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.”Psalms 119:16“I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.”Proverbs 5:20“And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?”Proverbs 21:12“The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.”Luke 13:27“But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.”John 4:34“Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.”Psalms 119:92“Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.”Romans 7:22“For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:”
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