Proverbs 21:15

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Proverbs 21:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible

13 Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.

14 A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.

15 Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.

16 The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.

17 He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.

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Job 29:12

because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

Job 29:13

The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

Job 29:14

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.

Job 29:15

I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.

Job 29:16

I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

Job 29:17

I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

Psalms 40:8

I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”

Psalms 112:1

Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.

Psalms 119:16

I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.

Psalms 119:92

If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.

Ecclesiastes 3:12

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,

Isaiah 64:5

You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?

John 4:34

Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

Romans 7:22

For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.

Proverbs 21:12

The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.

Proverbs 5:20

Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Proverbs 10:29

The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.

Matthew 7:23

Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’

Matthew 13:41

The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.

Matthew 13:42

And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Luke 13:27

And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.’

Luke 13:28

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 are thrown out.