Psalms 37:21

The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

In Context

20But the wicked perish, and the enemies of Jehovah, As the preciousness of lambs, Have been consumed, In smoke they have been consumed.

22For His blessed ones do possess the land, And His reviled ones are cut off.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 15:9'Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart — worthless, saying, Near [is] the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin;

Deuteronomy 28:43the sojourner who [is] in thy midst goeth up above thee very high, and thou goest down very low;

Nehemiah 5:1And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews,

Psalms 112:5Good [is] the man — gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.

Proverbs 22:7The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant [is] the borrower to the lender.

Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal to the hungry thy bread, And the mourning poor bring home, That thou seest the naked and cover him, And from thine own flesh hide not thyself?

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 →

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