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

Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)
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

And then I will declare to them publicly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me [you are banished from My presence], you who act wickedly [disregarding My commands].’

Matthew 13:41-42

The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend [those things by which people are led into sin], and all who practice evil [leading others into sin],

Luke 13:27-28

but He will say to you, ‘I do not know where you are from; depart from Me, all you evildoers!’

John 4:34

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to completely finish His work.

Romans 7:22

For I joyfully delight in the law of God in my inner self [with my new nature],

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

Bible References

Joy

Job 29:12

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
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)
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.
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]?
John 4:34
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to completely finish His work.
Romans 7:22
For I joyfully delight in the law of God in my inner self [with my new nature],