Psalms 37:28
For the LORD loves justice, and doesn’t forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
In Context
27Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.
29The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,
Job 27:14If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring will not be satisfied with bread.
Psalms 21:10You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from amongst the children of men.
Psalms 37:40The LORD helps them and rescues them. He rescues them from the wicked and saves them, because they have taken refuge in him.
Psalms 92:13They are planted in the LORD’s house. They will flourish in our God’s courts.
Proverbs 2:22But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.
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 →