Psalms 37:21
Those who render evil for good have dragged me down, because I followed goodness.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
In Context
22Do not forsake me, O Lord my God. Do not depart from me.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:9Take care, lest perhaps an impious thought might creep within you, and you might say in your heart: ‘The seventh year of remission approaches.’ And so you might turn your eyes away from your poor brother, unwilling to lend to him what he has asked. If so, then he may cry out against you to the Lord, and it will be a sin for you.
Deuteronomy 28:43The new arrival who lives with you in the land will ascend over you, and be higher. But you will descend, and be lower.
Nehemiah 5:1And there occurred a great outcry of the people and their wives against their brothers, the Jews.
Psalms 112:5Who is like the Lord, our God, who dwells on high,
Proverbs 22:7The rich rule over the poor. And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Isaiah 58:7Break your bread with the hungry, and lead the destitute and the homeless into your house. When you see someone naked, cover him, and do not despise your 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 →