Proverbs 21:15
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Cross-reference
Proverbs 21:12 describes God bringing ruin to the wicked, explaining the terror evildoers feel when justice is done.
Proverbs 10:29 contrasts refuge for the blameless and ruin for evildoers, mirroring the joy/terror dichotomy.
Job 29:12-17 portrays the righteous man Job actively doing justice — the very behavior that brings joy according to this proverb.
Matthew 7:23 shows Jesus rejecting evildoers at judgment, fulfilling the terror that justice brings for the wicked.
Matthew 13:41 describes angels weeding out evildoers, illustrating the terror of divine justice from the proverb.
Matthew 13:42 specifies the fiery furnace and weeping, directly depicting the terror evildoers face when justice is done.
Luke 13:27 records Jesus telling evildoers 'Away from me', echoing the terror of justice in the proverb.
Luke 13:28 portrays weeping and gnashing of teeth for the excluded, illustrating the terror evildoers face at judgment.
John 4:34 shows Jesus finding sustenance in doing God's will — the ultimate example of the righteous person's joy in justice.
Romans 7:22 expresses Paul's inner delight in God's law — the same joy the righteous feel when justice is done.
Job 31:3 states ruin is for the wicked, directly aligning with the proverb's claim that justice brings terror to evildoers.
Psalm 40:8 expresses delight in doing God's will — the same inner posture as the righteous person's joy when justice prevails.
Psalm 112:1 shows the blessedness of delighting in God's commands — echoing the joy the righteous find in justice.
Psalm 119:16 repeats the theme of delighting in God's decrees, linking to the righteous person's joy at justice.
Psalm 119:92 ties delight in God's law to survival — reinforcing that the righteous find joy in justice even amid affliction.
Isaiah 64:5 describes those who 'gladly do right' — directly aligning with the righteous who rejoice at justice.