Psalms 37:25
I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
24Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.
26They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.
Cross References
Joshua 1:5No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
Job 4:7Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?
Job 32:6So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.
Psalms 37:28For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
Psalms 71:9Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.
Psalms 94:14For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 37:22-34
Exhortations and Promises. 21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous showeth mercy, and giveth. 22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord : and he delighteth in his way. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. 25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. 26… Read the whole commentary →