Psalm 37:21

Instruction In Wisdom

²⁰ But the wicked will perish; the enemies of the LORD are like the glory of the pastures; they vanish--like smoke they vanish away. ²¹ The wicked borrows and does not pay back,
But the righteous is gracious and gives.
²² for those blessed by the LORD shall inherit the land, but those cursed by him shall be cut off.

Righteous Man

Psalm 112:5

It is well with the man who deals generously and lends; who conducts his affairs with justice.

Deuteronomy 28:12

The LORD will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. And you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.

Psalm 112:9

He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.

Proverbs 22:7

The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.

Hebrews 13:16

Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

Deuteronomy 15:9-11

Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, 'The seventh year, the year of release is near,' and your eye look grudgingly on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he cry to the LORD against you, and you be guilty of sin.

Deuteronomy 28:43-44

The sojourner who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower.

2 Kings 4:1-5

Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves."

Nehemiah 5:1-5

Now there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers.

Job 31:16-20

"If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Isaiah 32:8

But he who is noble plans noble things, and on noble things he stands.

Isaiah 58:7-10

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

Luke 6:30

Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back.

Acts 11:29

So the disciples determined, everyone according to his ability, to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.

Acts 20:35

In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

2 Corinthians 9:6-15

The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.