A moment in scripture
Proverbs 21:15
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It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 21:13
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
- Proverbs 21:14
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
- Proverbs 21:16
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
- Proverbs 21:17
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.