Verse 15

Doing justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to those who do evil.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:29 : 29 The way of the LORD is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.
  • Prov 21:12 : 12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.
  • Eccl 3:12 : 12 Enjoy Life in the Present I have concluded that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to enjoy themselves as long as they live,
  • Isa 64:5 : 5 You assist those who delight in doing what is right, who observe your commandments. Look, you were angry because we violated them continually. How then can we be saved?
  • Matt 7:23 : 23 Then I will declare to them,‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’
  • Matt 13:41-42 : 41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers. 42 They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • Luke 13:27-28 : 27 But he will reply,‘I don’t know where you come from! Go away from me, all you evildoers!’ 28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you yourselves thrown out.
  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said to them,“My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.
  • Rom 7:22 : 22 For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.
  • Job 29:12-17 : 12 for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him; 13 the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice; 14 I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban; 15 I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame; 16 I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know; 17 I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
  • Ps 40:8 : 8 I want to do what pleases you, my God. Your law dominates my thoughts.”
  • Ps 112:1 : 1 Praise the LORD! How blessed is the one who obeys the LORD, who takes great delight in keeping his commands.
  • Ps 119:16 : 16 I find delight in your statutes; I do not forget your instructions.
  • Ps 119:92 : 92 If I had not found encouragement in your law, I would have died in my sorrow.
  • Prov 5:20 : 20 But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?