Proverbs 21:15

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 21:1-31

Proverbs Of Solomon Part 2 (Proverbs 15:22 to Proverbs 22:16 ). At this point there is a sudden switch from proverbs which contrast one thing with another, which have been predominant since Proverbs 10:1, to proverbs where the second clause adds something to the first. Whilst we still find some contrasting proverbs, especially at the beginning, they are not so common. This may suggest a deliberate intention by Solomon to separate his proverbs into two parts. Furthermore such a change at this... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 21:1-31

Proverbs 21:1 . watercourses: not the natural brooks and wadys of Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia, which could be diverted in any direction at will. Proverbs 21:4 . Apparently two unconnected lines belonging to different couplets. A connexion can be established only by forced exegesis. The Heb. is lit. “ lofty of look and arrogant of heart, the tillage of the wicked is sin.” RV “ lamp” for “ tillage” depends on a different pointing, but does not improve... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 21:15

It is joy to the just: the sense is either, 1. He is highly pleased and delighted with it. Or, 2. He reapeth much comfort and benefit by it, which is opposed to the following destruction: joy is put for matter or cause of joy. To do judgment; to do what is just or good, for this is opposed to working of iniquity. Destruction; or, as others render it, terror or horror, opposite to joy. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 21:15

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 21:15. Shall be. These words are not in the original, and destroy the sense, which is that justice is joy to the good, and destruction to the bad. Luther renders, “It is a joy to the just to do what is right; but to the wicked a terror.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 21:15THE JOY OF RIGHTEOUSNESSI. The just man’s own character and actions give him joy. It is a matter of experience with all the righteous beings in the universe that joy comes to them from uprightness of... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 21:1-31

Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Proverbs 21:1-31 .Proverbs 21:1-31 , Solomon declares:The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will ( Proverbs 21:1 ).The word "rivers of water" is in the Hebrew "as the water courses." Now in the land of Israel, they had made many sluices for the water by which they could direct the water from the river to their farm areas. And these sluices were, of course, to turn the water to bring it to a desired... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 21:1-31

Proverbs 21:1 . The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will. The allusion is probably to the water-meads and the ditches in the corn fields, which irrigate the lands by a diversion of the streams. This doctrine asserts the providence of God over the nations, and over the church. God commissioned the king of Assyria to punish the Jews for idolatry. Isaiah 10:5. How remarkably was the heart of Cyrus, of Darius, and of Artaxerxes... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 21:15

Proverbs 21:15It is joy to the just to do Judgment.The pleasure of doing rightThe text virtually says, When good magistrates discharge their trust faithfully, and execute justice impartially, all honest and good men are greatly rejoiced at it, but it brings a sore terror and consternation upon the workers of iniquity.I. It is a great pleasure to a just man to do justice.1. Because it is acting according to his own inclinations. It is always pleasant to a man to pursue the natural or habitual... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 21:15

Proverbs 21:15 [It is] joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity. Ver. 15. It is joy to the just to do judgment. ] They love it dearly, and therefore cannot but rejoice in it exceedingly: "I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil," Psa 119:162 wherein the pleasure is usually as much as the profit. Besides, as every flower hath its sweet savour, so every good duty carries meat in the mouth - comfort in the performance. Hence the saints’... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 21:15

joy: Job 29:12-Esther :, Psalms 40:8, Psalms 112:1, Psalms 119:16, Psalms 119:92, Ecclesiastes 3:12, Isaiah 64:5, John 4:34, Romans 7:22 destruction: Proverbs 21:12, Proverbs 5:20, Proverbs 10:29, Matthew 7:23, Matthew 13:41, Matthew 13:42, Luke 13:27, Luke 13:28 Reciprocal: Job 31:3 - destruction read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 21:15

15. Joy… to do judgment The proper administration of justice is a “joy,” or satisfaction, to the upright. Destruction The workers of iniquity shall be visited with terror. read more

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