Psalms 37:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous show mercy and give.

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  • Ps 112:5 : 5 A good man shows favor and lends; he will guide his affairs with discretion.
  • Ps 112:9 : 9 He has dispersed, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.
  • Prov 22:7 : 7 The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
  • Deut 28:12 : 12 The LORD shall open unto you His good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend unto many nations, and you shall not borrow.
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that through his poverty you might become rich.
  • Heb 13:16 : 16 But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
  • Deut 15:9-9 : 9 Beware that there is not a wicked 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 cries to the LORD against you, and it be sin to you. 10 You shall surely give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the LORD your God shall bless you in all your works, and in all that you put your hand to. 11 For the poor will never cease out of the land; therefore I command you, saying, you shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor, and to your needy, in your land.
  • 2 Cor 9:6-9 : 6 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 Every man according to what he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or out of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound in every good work: 9 As it is written, He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor: his righteousness remains forever. 10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower also provides bread for your food, and multiplies your seed sown, and increases the fruits of your righteousness; 11 Being enriched in everything to all bountifulness, which through us produces thanksgiving to God. 12 For the administration of this service not only supplies the needs of the saints, but is also abundant through many thanksgivings to God; 13 While by the evidence of this ministry they glorify God for your professed submission to the gospel of Christ, and for your generous sharing with them, and with all men; 14 And by their prayer for you, who long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you. 15 Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift.
  • Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
  • Deut 28:43-44 : 43 The foreigner that is within you shall rise up above you very high; and you shall come down very low. 44 He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him: he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.
  • 2 Kgs 4:1-5 : 1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant feared the LORD: and the creditor has come to take my two sons to be slaves. 2 And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house? And she said, Your maidservant has nothing in the house except a pot of oil. 3 Then he said, Go, borrow vessels abroad from all your neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. 4 And when you have come in, you shall shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour out into all those vessels, and you shall set aside that which is full. 5 So she went from him, and shut the door behind her and her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
  • Neh 5:1-5 : 1 And there was a great outcry of the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. 2 For there were those who said, We, our sons, and our daughters are many: therefore we need to take grain for them, that we may eat and live. 3 Others said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses to buy grain because of the famine. 4 There were also those who said, We have borrowed money for the king's tax, against our lands and vineyards. 5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and indeed, we bring into bondage our sons and daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are already in bondage; nor is it in our power to redeem them, for other men have our lands and vineyards.
  • Job 31:16-20 : 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 17 Or have eaten my portion alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it; 18 (For from my youth he was raised with me as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) 19 If I have seen any perish for lack of clothing, or any poor without covering; 20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
  • Isa 32:8 : 8 But the noble man devises noble things, and by noble things he will stand.
  • Isa 58:7-9 : 7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and that you bring the poor that are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you do not hide yourself from your own flesh? 8 Then shall your light break forth like the morning, and your health shall spring forth speedily: and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard. 9 Then you shall call, and the LORD shall answer; you shall cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If you take away the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, and speaking vanity; 10 And if you extend your soul to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall your light rise in obscurity, and your darkness be as the noonday:
  • Luke 6:30 : 30 Give to everyone who asks of you; and from him who takes away your goods, do not ask them back.
  • Acts 11:29 : 29 Then the disciples, each according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers dwelling in Judea:
  • Acts 20:35 : 35 I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

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    26He covets greedily all day long, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

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    8He who sows iniquity shall reap vanity, and the rod of his anger shall fail.

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    32The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

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    7If you are righteous, what do you give him? or what does he receive from your hand?

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    8The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his place.

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    25If you lend money to any of my people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him interest.

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    23A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

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    27Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

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    12The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

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    31He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the poor.

    32The wicked is banished in his wickedness, but the righteous has hope in his death.

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    23The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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    16He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

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    4Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors; give them after the work of their hands; render to them their due.

  • Ps 32:10
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    10Many sorrows shall be to the wicked, but he who trusts in the LORD, mercy shall surround him.

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    6Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

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    28The heart of the righteous studies how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

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    13Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

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    21No harm befalls the just, but the wicked are filled with trouble.