Psalms 37:21
The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.
BSB
ASV
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; But the righteous dealeth graciously, and giveth.
KJV
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
(Verse 21.) The sinner borrows and does not repay; but the righteous shows mercy and gives. This also applies to the person of Paul, because the righteous shows mercy and gives. See how he divides the Lord's words, see how he lends the Lord's silver. He received one mina and returned two; he received two and returned four; he received five and returned ten. He did not tie up in a handkerchief what he had received, but he spent it on moneylenders; and what he had spent, he received back with interest.
He is ever merciful, or every day, or all the day, merciful, and lends, and sometimes there is as true charity in lending as in giving; and giving and lending are acceptable to God when they proceed from a merciful disposition in the heart, which, if it be sincere, will be constant, and will keep us from being weary of well-doing. he that is truly merciful will be ever merciful.
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again. Partly because he will not, but mainly because he cannot. Want follows upon waste, and debt remains undischarged. Often are the wicked thus impoverished in this life. Their wanton extravagance brings them down to the usurer's door and to the bankrupt's suit. But the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth, Mercy has given to him, and therefore he gives in mercy. He is generous and prosperous. He is not a borrower, but a giver.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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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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Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.
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But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary in well-doing.
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.
For 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.
Continue in brotherly love.
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Luke 6:30Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back.
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If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or…
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Psalms 112:9He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
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And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
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Proverbs 22:7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
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Now 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…
