Proverbs 21:15
When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous (the upright, the one in right standing with God),
But to the evildoers it is disaster.
Proverbs 10:29
The way of the Lord is a stronghold to the upright,
But it is ruin to those who do evil.
Job 29:12-17
Because I rescued the poor who cried for help,
And the orphan who had no helper.
Psalm 40:8
“I delight to do Your will, O my God;
Your law is within my heart.”
Psalm 112:1
Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who fears the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence and worships Him with obedience],
Who delights greatly in His commandments.
Psalm 119:16
I will delight in Your statutes;
I will not forget Your word.
Psalm 119:92
If Your law had not been my delight,
Then I would have perished in my time of trouble.
Proverbs 5:20
Why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an immoral woman
And embrace the bosom of an outsider (pagan)?
Proverbs 21:12
The righteous one keeps an eye on the house of the wicked—
How the wicked are cast down to ruin.
Ecclesiastes 3:12
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good as long as they live;
Isaiah 64:5
You meet him who rejoices in doing that which is morally right,
Who remembers You in Your ways.
Indeed, You were angry, for we sinned;
We have long continued in our sins [prolonging Your anger].
And shall we be saved [under such circumstances]?
Matthew 7:23
Matthew 13:41-42
Luke 13:27-28
John 4:34
Jesus said to them,
Romans 7:22
For I joyfully delight in the law of God in my inner self [with my new nature],
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Joy
Because I rescued the poor who cried for help,
And the orphan who had no helper.
“I delight to do Your will, O my God;
Your law is within my heart.”
Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who fears the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence and worships Him with obedience],
Who delights greatly in His commandments.
I will delight in Your statutes;
I will not forget Your word.
You meet him who rejoices in doing that which is morally right,
Who remembers You in Your ways.
Indeed, You were angry, for we sinned;
We have long continued in our sins [prolonging Your anger].
And shall we be saved [under such circumstances]?