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It is joyשִׂמְחָהfor the righteousלַצַּדִּיקto doעֲשׂוֹתjustice,מִשְׁפָּטbut ruinוּמְחִתָּהfor those who workלְפֹעֲלֵיwickedness.אָוֶן
Proverbs 21:15
Study it in the app“It is joy for the righteous to do justice, but ruin for those who work wickedness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 21:15, word by word
- It is joyשִׂמְחָהsimcha
joy
Joy, gladness, celebration.
Where else “simcha” appears- for the righteousצַּדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears- to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears- but ruinמְחִתָּהmechita
ruin
The end that overtakes whoever sinks: the fall and the disaster.
Where else “mechita” appears- for those who workפֹעֲלֵיfoale
do, make
Do, make, carry out.
Where else “foale” appears- wickednessאָוֶןaven
wickedness
The evil one does.
Where else “aven” appears
The context
14A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.
15 · This verse (above)
16A man who wanders from the way of prudence will rest in the assembly of the shades.