Proverbs 21:15
“It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.”
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.
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Cross-References
“The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.”
“And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.”
“The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.”
“Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.”
“And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?”