16 Bible Verses about Rejoicing Over Justice

How happy are those who enforce justice, who live righteously all the time.

Administering justice brings joy to the righteous, but terror to those who practice iniquity.

As the righteous grow powerful, people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, people groan.

Those who were about to die blessed me, and I made widows sing for joy.

How blessed is the person, who does not take the advice of the wicked, who does not stand on the path with sinners, and who does not sit in the seat of mockers.

The city rejoices when the righteous prosper, and when the wicked perish there is jubilation.

Let those who delight in my vindication shout for joy and rejoice! Let them continuously say, "Magnify the LORD, who delights in giving peace to his servant."

May those who fear you see me and be glad, for I have hoped in your word.

The righteous person will rejoice when he sees your vengeance; when he washes his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Daughter of Babylon! You devastator! How blessed will be the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.

How blessed will be the one who seizes your young children and pulverizes them against the cliff!

They will curse, but you will bless. When they attack, they will be humiliated, while your servant rejoices.

Then the heavens and the earth and all that are in them will shout for joy about Babylon because the destroyers will come out of the north against her," declares the LORD.

"So this is what the Lord GOD says: "Just as the earth rejoices, I'm going to turn you into a desolate wasteland.

Be happy about her, heaven, saints, apostles, and prophets, for God has condemned her for you!"

Don't rejoice when your enemy falls; don't let yourself be glad when he stumbles. Otherwise the LORD will observe and disapprove, and he will turn his anger away from him.