Psalms 37:21
The wicked is borrowing and does not repay, || And the righteous is gracious and giving.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
In Context
22For His blessed ones possess the land, || And His reviled ones are cut off.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:9Take heed to yourself lest there be a worthless word in your heart, saying, The seventh year [is] near, the year of release; and your eye is evil against your needy brother, and you do not give to him, and he has called to YHWH concerning you, and it has been sin in you;
Deuteronomy 28:43the sojourner who [is] in your midst goes up very high above you, and you go down very low;
Nehemiah 5:1And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brothers the Jews,
Psalms 112:5The man—good, gracious, and lending, || He sustains his matters in judgment.
Proverbs 22:7The rich rules over the poor, || And a servant [is] the borrower to the lender.
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal your bread to the hungry, || And bring home the wandering poor, || That you see the naked and cover him, || And do not hide yourself from 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 →