Psalms 37:21
The wicked boroweth and payeth not againe. but the righteous is mercifull, and giueth.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:9Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thine heart, to say, The seuenth yeere, the yeere of freedome is at hand: therefore it grieueth thee to looke on thy poore brother, and thou giuest him nought, and he crie vnto the Lord against thee, so that sinne be in thee:
Deuteronomy 28:43The straunger that is among you, shall clime aboue thee vp on hie, and thou shalt come downe beneath alow.
Nehemiah 5:1Nowe there was a great crie of the people, and of their wiues against their brethren the Iewes.
Psalms 112:5A good man is mercifull and lendeth, and will measure his affaires by iudgement.
Proverbs 22:7The rich ruleth the poore, and the borower is seruant to the man that lendeth.
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deale thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poore that wander, vnto thine house? when thou seest the naked, that thou couer him, and hide not thy selfe from thine owne 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 →