Psalms 37:21
The wicked borrow, and do not pay back,but the righteous give generously.
New Heart English Bible
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 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 the Lord against you, and it be sin to you.
Deuteronomy 28:43The foreigner who is in the midst of you shall mount up above you higher and higher; and you shall come down lower and lower.
Nehemiah 5:1Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
Psalms 112:5It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends.YODHe will maintain his cause in judgment.KAPH
Proverbs 22:7The rich rule over the poor.The borrower is servant to the lender.
Isaiah 58:7Isn't it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you 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 →