Psalms 37:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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  • Ps 112:5 : 5 Good `is' the man -- gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.
  • Ps 112:9 : 9 He hath scattered -- hath given to the needy, His righteousness is standing for ever, His horn is exalted with honour.
  • Prov 22:7 : 7 The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant `is' the borrower to the lender.
  • Deut 28:12 : 12 `Jehovah doth open to thee his good treasure -- the heavens -- to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand, and thou hast lent to many nations, and thou -- thou dost not borrow.
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor -- being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.
  • Heb 13:16 : 16 and of doing good, and of fellowship, be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.
  • Deut 15:9-9 : 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; 10 thou dost certainly give to him, and thy heart is not sad in thy giving to him, for because of this thing doth Jehovah thy God bless thee in all thy works, and in every putting forth of thy hand; 11 because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.
  • 2 Cor 9:6-9 : 6 And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap; 7 each one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love, 8 and God `is' able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every thing always all sufficiency having, ye may abound to every good work, 9 (according as it hath been written, `He dispersed abroad, he gave to the poor, his righteousness doth remain to the age,') 10 and may He who is supplying seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness, 11 in every thing being enriched to all liberality, which doth work through us thanksgiving to God, 12 because the ministration of this service not only is supplying the wants of the saints, but is also abounding through many thanksgivings to God, 13 through the proof of this ministration glorifying God for the subjection of your confession to the good news of the Christ, and `for' the liberality of the fellowship to them and to all, 14 and by their supplication in your behalf, longing after you because of the exceeding grace of God upon you; 15 thanks also to God for His unspeakable gift!
  • Heb 6:10 : 10 for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;
  • Deut 28:43-44 : 43 the sojourner who `is' in thy midst goeth up above thee very high, and thou goest down very low; 44 he doth lend `to' thee, and thou dost not lend `to' him; he is for head, and thou art for tail.
  • 2 Kgs 4:1-5 : 1 And a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets hath cried unto Elisha, saying, `Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and thou hast known that thy servant was fearing Jehovah, and the lender hath come to take my two children to him for servants.' 2 And Elisha saith unto her, `What do I do for thee? declare to me, what hast thou in the house?' and she saith, `Thy maid-servant hath nothing in the house except a pot of oil.' 3 And he saith, `Go, ask for thee vessels from without, from all thy neighbours -- empty vessels -- let `them' not be few; 4 and thou hast entered, and shut the door upon thee, and upon thy sons, and hast poured out into all these vessels, and the full ones thou dost remove.' 5 And she goeth from him, and shutteth the door upon her, and upon her sons; they are bringing nigh unto her, and she is pouring out,
  • Neh 5:1-5 : 1 And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews, 2 yea, there are who are saying, `Our sons, and our daughters, we -- are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live.' 3 And there are who are saying, `Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging, and we receive corn for the famine.' 4 And there are who are saying, `We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, `on' our fields, and our vineyards; 5 and now, as the flesh of our brethren `is' our flesh, as their sons `are' our sons, and lo, we are subduing our sons and our daughters for servants, and there are of our daughters subdued, and our hand hath no might, and our fields and our vineyards `are' to others.'
  • Job 31:16-20 : 16 If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume, 17 And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it, 18 (But from my youth He grew up with me as `with' a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led.) 19 If I see `any' perishing without clothing, And there is no covering to the needy, 20 If his loins have not blessed me, And from the fleece of my sheep He doth not warm himself,
  • Isa 32:8 : 8 And the noble counselled noble things, And he for noble things riseth up.
  • Isa 58:7-9 : 7 Is 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? 8 Then broken up as the dawn is thy light, And thy health in haste springeth up, Gone before thee hath thy righteousness, The honour of Jehovah doth gather thee. 9 Then thou callest, and Jehovah answereth, Thou criest, and He saith, `Behold Me.' If thou turn aside from thy midst the yoke, The sending forth of the finger, And the speaking of vanity, 10 And dost bring out to the hungry thy soul, And the afflicted soul dost satisfy, Then risen in the darkness hath thy light, And thy thick darkness `is' as noon.
  • Luke 6:30 : 30 `And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;
  • Acts 11:29 : 29 and the disciples, according as any one was prospering, determined each of them to send for ministration to the brethren dwelling in Judea,
  • Acts 20:35 : 35 all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth `us' to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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    17 Whoso is lending `to' Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

  • Prov 21:26
    78%

    26 All the day desiring he hath desired, And the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.

  • Ps 37:26
    78%

    26 All the day he is gracious and lending, And his seed `is' for a blessing.

  • Prov 21:7
    76%

    7 The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.

  • Ps 112:4-5
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    76%

    4 Light hath risen in darkness to the upright, Gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

    5 Good `is' the man -- gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.

  • Prov 21:18
    76%

    18 The wicked `is' an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer.

  • Prov 11:17-18
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    76%

    17 A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.

    18 The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward.

  • Ps 37:22
    76%

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

  • Prov 13:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21 Evil pursueth sinners, And good recompenseth the righteous.

    22 A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous `is' the sinner's wealth.

  • Prov 11:31
    75%

    31 Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!

  • Prov 29:7
    75%

    7 The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.

  • Ps 37:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16 Better `is' the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked.

    17 For the arms of the wicked are shivered, And Jehovah is sustaining the righteous.

  • Luke 6:34
    74%

    34 and if ye lend `to those' of whom ye hope to receive back, what grace have ye? for also the sinful lend to sinners -- that they may receive again as much.

  • Prov 10:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2 Treasures of wickedness profit not, And righteousness delivereth from death.

    3 Jehovah causeth not the soul of the righteous to hunger, And the desire of the wicked He thrusteth away.

  • Prov 22:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7 The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant `is' the borrower to the lender.

    8 Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.

  • Prov 28:27-28
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    27 Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

    28 In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply!

  • Ps 37:32
    74%

    32 The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.

  • Job 35:7
    74%

    7 If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

  • Ezek 33:15
    73%

    15 (The pledge the wicked restoreth, plunder he repayeth,) In the statutes of life he hath walked, So as not to do perversity, He surely liveth -- he doth not die.

  • Prov 28:8
    73%

    8 Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.

  • Prov 11:8
    73%

    8 The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him.

  • Exod 22:25
    73%

    25 `If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;

  • Prov 17:23
    73%

    23 A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.

  • Prov 3:27
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    27 Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand `is' toward God to do `it'.

  • Ezek 18:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7 A man -- he doth not oppress, His pledge to the debtor he doth return, Plunder he doth not take away, His bread to the hungry he doth give, And the naked doth cover with a garment,

    8 In usury he doth not give, and increase taketh not, From perversity he turneth back his hand, True judgment he doth between man and man.

  • Job 36:6
    72%

    6 He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;

  • Isa 5:23
    72%

    23 Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him.

  • Prov 21:12
    72%

    12 The Righteous One is acting wisely Towards the house of the wicked, He is overthrowing the wicked for wickedness.

  • Prov 14:31-32
    2 verses
    72%

    31 An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.

    32 In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death `is' the righteous.

  • Prov 11:4
    72%

    4 Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.

  • Prov 11:23
    72%

    23 The desire of the righteous `is' only good, The hope of the wicked `is' transgression.

  • Prov 22:16
    72%

    16 He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.

  • Ps 15:5
    72%

    5 His silver he hath not given in usury, And a bribe against the innocent Hath not taken; Whoso is doing these is not moved to the age!

  • Ps 28:4
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    4 Give to them according to their acting, And according to the evil of their doings. According to the work of their hands give to them. Return their deed to them.

  • Ps 32:10
    71%

    10 Many `are' the pains of the wicked; As to him who is trusting in Jehovah, Kindness doth compass him.

  • Ps 37:12
    71%

    12 The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth.

  • Prov 13:6
    71%

    6 Righteousness keepeth him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthroweth a sin offering.

  • Prov 15:28
    71%

    28 The heart of the righteous meditateth to answer, And the mouth of the wicked uttereth evil things.

  • Isa 26:10
    71%

    10 The wicked findeth favour, He hath not learned righteousness, In a land of straightforwardness he dealeth perversely, And seeth not the excellency of Jehovah.

  • Prov 17:13
    71%

    13 Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.

  • Prov 12:21
    71%

    21 No iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil.