Proverbs 21:15

Doing justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to those who do evil.

Proverbs 10:29

The way of the Lord is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.

Job 29:12-17

for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;

Psalm 40:8

I want to do what pleases you, my God. Your law dominates my thoughts."

Psalm 112:1

Praise the Lord! How blessed is the one who obeys the Lord, who takes great delight in keeping his commands.

Psalm 119:16

I find delight in your statutes; I do not forget your instructions.

Psalm 119:92

If I had not found encouragement in your law, I would have died in my sorrow.

Proverbs 5:20

But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?

Proverbs 21:12

The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.

Ecclesiastes 3:12

I have concluded that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to enjoy themselves as long as they live,

Isaiah 64:5

You assist those who delight in doing what is right, who observe your commandments. Look, you were angry because we violated them continually. How then can we be saved?

Matthew 7:23

Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!'

Matthew 13:41-42

The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers.

Luke 13:27-28

But he will reply, 'I don't know where you come from! Go away from me, all you evildoers!'

John 4:34

Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.

Romans 7:22

For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.

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
for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;
Psalm 40:8
I want to do what pleases you, my God. Your law dominates my thoughts."
Psalm 112:1
Praise the Lord! How blessed is the one who obeys the Lord, who takes great delight in keeping his commands.
Psalm 119:16
I find delight in your statutes; I do not forget your instructions.
Ecclesiastes 3:12
I have concluded that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to enjoy themselves as long as they live,
Isaiah 64:5
You assist those who delight in doing what is right, who observe your commandments. Look, you were angry because we violated them continually. How then can we be saved?
John 4:34
Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.
Romans 7:22
For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.

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