King James Version
Proverbs 21:15 in the King James Version says “It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.”
Proverbs 21:15 · KJV
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. pleasure: or, sport
KJV Study — Public Domain
“judgment”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
“but destruction”
H4288properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation
“shall be to the workers”
H6466to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
“of iniquity”
H205strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
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