Psalms 37:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.”
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“The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; But the righteous dealeth graciously, and giveth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 37:21 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 15:9Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
- Deuteronomy 28:12The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.
- Deuteronomy 28:43The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.
- 2 Kings 4:1Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!”
- Nehemiah 5:1About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
- Job 31:16If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
- Psalms 112:5It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.
- Psalms 112:9He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
- Proverbs 22:7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
- Isaiah 32:8But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
- Isaiah 58:7Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
- Luke 6:30Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back.
- Acts 11:29So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
- Acts 20:35In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
- 2 Corinthians 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
- 2 Corinthians 9:6Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
- Hebrews 6:10For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
- Hebrews 13:16And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
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