Psalms 37:21
ל The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, 2 but the upright give generously. 1
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In The King James Version
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:9+ 15:9. Deut 15:9 (Deut 15:7-11) (#8.519): T. Not to refrain from loaning a poor man because of the Sabbath year, the seventh Year, the Sh'mitta ·Release· Year / R. Not to refrain from lending immediately before the release of the loans for fear of monetary loss Beware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand;” and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to Adonai against you, and it be crime deserving peanlty, sin ·missing the goal· to you.
Deuteronomy 28:43The foreigner who is among you will mount up above you higher and higher, and you will come down lower and lower.
Psalms 112:5ט It is well with the man who is merciful and lends. 2 י He will maintain his cause in judgment. 1
Proverbs 22:7The rich rule over the poor. 2 The borrower is servant to the lender. 1
Isaiah 58:7Is not it to distribute your bread to the hungry, 2 and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? 1 When you see the naked, 2 that you cover him; 2 and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh? 1
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 →