Proverbs 21:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. ”

Proverbs 21:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 21:1 . watercourses: not the natural brooks and wadys of Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia, which could be diverted in any direction at will. Prove...
Proverbs 21:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the just . a just one.
Proverbs 21:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Proverbs 21:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. (It is) joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction (shall be) to the workers of iniquity - or el...
Proverbs 21:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon ( Isaiah 58:11 ).
Proverbs 21:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. — This may also mean, “It is a terror to the workers of iniquity (to do right).” They are afraid to trust such promises as Matthew 6:33 . They...
Proverbs 21:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 22 WINE "He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich."- Proverbs 21:17 THE Septuagint translation has an interesting addition to the prov...
Proverbs 21:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 21:4 . The "lamp" of a man's life is his spirit. Where that is exalted and manifests itself in the high look and the proud heart, there is sin. All of which is to say that for a man t...
Proverbs 21:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes. When the scorner is p...
Proverbs 21:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[It is] joy to the, last to do judgment ,.... It is with pleasure he does it; he delights in the law of God, after the inward man, and finds much peace of mind and joy in the Holy Ghost in keeping i...
Proverbs 21:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 21:15 [It is] joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity. Ver. 15. It is joy to the just to do judgment. ] They love it dearly, and therefore...
Proverbs 21:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

15 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. Note, 1. It is a pleasure and satisfaction to good men both to see justice administe...
Proverbs 21:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

It is joy to the just: the sense is either, 1. He is highly pleased and delighted with it. Or, 2. He reapeth much comfort and benefit by it, which is opposed to the following destruction: joy...
Proverbs 21:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 21:15 . Shall be . These words are not in the original, and destroy the sense, which is that justice is joy to the good, and destruction to the bad. Luther renders, “It i...
Proverbs 21:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 21:1 . The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will. The allusion is probably to the water-meads and the ditches in the corn fi...
Proverbs 21:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

It is joy to the just to do Judgment. The pleasure of doing right The text virtually says, When good magistrates discharge their trust faithfully, and execute justice impartially, all honest an...
Proverbs 21:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water. We are to think of the little channels used for irrigation. As these are altogether under the...
Proverbs 21:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 15. It is joy to the just to do judgment, they love right and delight in performing its demands always; but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity, that is, the exercise of justice st...
Proverbs 21:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 3:12 ; Isaiah 64:5 ; Job 29:12-17 ; John 4:34 ; Luke 13:27 ; Luke 13:28 ; Matthew 13:41 ; Matthew 13:42 ; Matthew 7:23 ; Proverbs 10:29 ; Proverbs 21:12 ; Proverbs 5:20 ; Ps...

Proverbs 21:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 21:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 21:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 21:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 21:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 21:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 21:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 21:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 21:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 21:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 21:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 21:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 21:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 21:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 21:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 21:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 21:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 21:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 21:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge