Psalms 37:21
The wicked borroweth, and repayeth not; but the righteous is beneficent, and giveth.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
In Context
22For those blessed of him shall inherit the land; and those cursed of him shall be cut off.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:9Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thy eye be thus evil against thy needy brother, so that thou wouldst give him nought; and if he cry concerning thee unto the Lord, it will be sin in thee:
Deuteronomy 28:43The stranger that is in the midst of thee shall get up above thee higher and higher; but thou shalt come down lower and lower;
Nehemiah 5:1And there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Psalms 112:5Well will it be with the man who is kind, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with justice.
Proverbs 22:7A rich man ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the man that lendeth.
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to distribute thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the afflicted poor into thy house! when thou seest the naked, that thou clothe him; and that thou hide not thyself from thy 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 →