Psalms 37:21
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not; but the righteous dealeth graciously, and giveth.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 be not a base thought in thy heart, saying: 'The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand'; and thine eye be evil against thy needy brother, and thou give him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin in thee.
Deuteronomy 28:43The stranger that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and lower.
Nehemiah 5:1Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Psalms 112:5Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth, that ordereth his affairs rightfully.
Proverbs 22:7The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him, and that thou hide not 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 →