Proverbs 21:15
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Proverbs 21:15 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Proverbs 21:15 is a verse from the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Proverbs 21:15 — KJV
“It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.”
— Proverbs 21:15 (KJV)
Proverbs 21:15 in Context — About the Book of Proverbs
Proverbs is distilled wisdom for ordinary decisions — money, words, work, friendship, marriage, anger, and the tongue. Its premise is simple: the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Thirty-one chapters make it the classic one-chapter-a-day book for praying through daily choices.
Cross-References for Proverbs 21:15
“The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 21:15: joy, judgment, iniquity
“He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 21:15: just, judgment, iniquity
“Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 21:15: destruction, workers, iniquity
“The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame. every...: Heb. morning by morning”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 21:15: just, judgment, iniquity
“The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 21:15: destruction, workers, iniquity
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