Psalms 37:21 · KJV
“The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.”
— Psalms 37:21
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD {shall be} as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. {the fat: Heb. the preciousness}
For {such as be} blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and {they that be} cursed of him shall be cut off.
Psalms 37 — Context
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
20But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD {shall be} as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. {the fat: Heb. the preciousness}
21The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
22For {such as be} blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and {they that be} cursed of him shall be cut off.
23The steps of a {good} man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. {ordered: or, established}
Cross References
Hebrews 13:16
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Psalms 112:5
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion. {discretion: Heb. judgment}
Proverbs 22:7
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower {is} servant to the lender. {the lender: Heb. the man that lendeth}
Luke 6:30
Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask {them} not again.
Psalms 112:9
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
Deuteronomy 28:12
The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
2 Corinthians 8:9
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
Job 31:16-20
If I have withheld the poor from {their} desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;