Psalms 37:21
The wicked man borrows, and pays not again, but the righteous man deals graciously, and gives.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:9Beware that there not be a base thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand, and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him nothing, and he cry to LORD against thee, and it be
Deuteronomy 28:43The sojourner who is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher, and thou shall come down lower and lower.
Nehemiah 5:1Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
Psalms 112:5It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He shall maintain his cause in judgment,
Proverbs 22:7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal thy bread to a hungry man, and that thou bring the poor who are cast out to thy house, when thou see a naked man, that thou cover him, and that thou not hide thyself from thine own flesh?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 37:8-21
Exhortations and Promises. 7 Rest in the Lord , and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. 9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord , they shall inherit the earth. 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. 11 But the meek shall… Read the whole commentary →