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Psalm 37

Psa. 37:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
borroweth
lavah (Hebrew #3867)
properly, to twine, i.e. (by implication) to unite, to remain; also to borrow (as a form of obligation) or (caus.) to lend
KJV usage: abide with, borrow(-er), cleave, join (self), lend(-er).
Pronounce: law-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
, and payeth not again
shalam (Hebrew #7999)
to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications)
KJV usage: make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-)pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, X surely.
Pronounce: shaw-lam'
Origin: a primitive root
: but the righteous
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
showeth mercy
chanan (Hebrew #2603)
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
KJV usage: beseech, X fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, X very.
Pronounce: khaw-nan'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2583)
, and giveth
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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borroweth.
Deut. 28:12,43‑44• 12Jehovah will open to thee his good treasure, the heavens, to give rain unto thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand; and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow.
 43The sojourner that is in thy midst shall rise above thee higher and higher, and thou shalt sink down lower and lower.
 44He shall lend to thee, but thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. (Deut. 28:12,43‑44)
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2 Kings 4:1‑5• 1And a woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha saying, Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant feared Jehovah; and the creditor is come to take my two children to be bondmen.
 2And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for thee? Tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thy handmaid has not anything at all in the house but a pot of oil.
 3And he said, Go, borrow for thyself vessels abroad from all thy neighbours, empty vessels; let it not be few;
 4and go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels, and set aside what is full.
 5And she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons: they brought the vessels to her, and she poured out. (2 Kings 4:1‑5)
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Neh. 5:1‑5• 1And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
 2And there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many, and we must procure corn that we may eat and live.
 3And there were that said, We have had to pledge our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, that we might procure corn in the dearth.
 4And there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and vineyards;
 5yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and behold, we must bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already; neither is it in the power of our hand to redeem them, for other men have our fields and our vineyards. (Neh. 5:1‑5)
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Prov. 22:7• 7The rich ruleth over the poor; and the borrower is servant to the lender. (Prov. 22:7)
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Psa. 112:5,9• 5It is well with the man that is gracious and lendeth; he will sustain his cause in judgment.
 9He scattereth abroad, he giveth to the needy; his righteousness abideth for ever: his horn shall be exalted with honour. (Psa. 112:5,9)
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Deut. 15:9‑11• 9Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be sin in thee.
 10Thou shalt bountifully give unto him, and thy heart shall not be evil-disposed when thou givest unto him; because for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy works, and in all the business of thy hand.
 11For the needy shall never cease from within the land; therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto thy brother, to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land. (Deut. 15:9‑11)
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Job 31:16‑20• 16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
 17Or have eaten my morsel alone, so that the fatherless ate not thereof,
 18(For from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided the widow from my mother's womb;)
 19If I have seen any perishing for want of clothing, or any needy without covering;
 20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my lambs; (Job 31:16‑20)
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Isa. 32:8• 8But the noble deviseth noble things; and to noble things doth he stand. (Isa. 32:8)
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Isa. 58:7‑10• 7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring to thy house the needy wanderers; when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
 8Then shall thy light break forth as the dawn, and thy health shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee, the glory of Jehovah shall be thy rearguard.
 9Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger and the unjust speech,
 10and thou proffer thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in the darkness, and thine obscurity be as midday; (Isa. 58:7‑10)
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Luke 6:30• 30To every one that asks of thee, give; and from him that takes away what is thine, ask it not back. (Luke 6:30)
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Acts 11:29• 29And they determined, according as any one of the disciples was well off, each of them to send to the brethren who dwelt in Judaea, to minister to them; (Acts 11:29)
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Acts 20:35• 35I have shewed you all things, that thus labouring we ought to come in aid of the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. (Acts 20:35)
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2 Cor. 8:9• 9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he, being rich, became poor, in order that *ye* by *his* poverty might be enriched. (2 Cor. 8:9)
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2 Cor. 9:6‑15• 6But this is true, he that sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that sows in the spirit of blessing shall reap also in blessing:
 7each according as he is purposed in his heart; not grievingly, or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.
 8But God is able to make every gracious gift abound towards you, that, having in every way always all-sufficiency, ye may abound to every good work:
 9according as it is written, He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor, his righteousness remains for ever.
 10Now he that supplies seed to the sower and bread for eating shall supply and make abundant your sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:
 11enriched in every way unto all free-hearted liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God.
 12Because the ministration of this service is not only filling up the measure of what is lacking to the saints, but also abounding by many thanksgivings to God;
 13they glorifying God through the proof of this ministration, by reason of your subjection, by profession, to the glad tidings of the Christ, and your free-hearted liberality in communicating towards them and towards all;
 14and in their supplication for you, full of ardent desire for you, on account of the exceeding grace of God which is upon you.
 15Thanks be to God for his unspeakable free gift. (2 Cor. 9:6‑15)
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Heb. 6:10• 10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye have shewn to his name, having ministered to the saints, and still ministering. (Heb. 6:10)
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Heb. 13:16• 16But of doing good and communicating of your substance be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. (Heb. 13:16)
• Verses 21 to 38 present the way of the godly, their present portion, and their end, in contrast to the wicked. (“Psalms 37” by H. Smith)
• The wicked take without mercy, and come under the curse; the righteous shows mercy, giveth, and is blessed (vv. 21-22). (“Psalms 37” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; but the righteous is gracious and giveth: