It is joy to the righteous to do justice;
but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Proverbs 21:15 in context
Proverbs 21:12–18
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
Selected verse
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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