Psalm 37:21

Instruction In Wisdom

²⁰ 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. ²¹ The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous showeth mercy, and giveth. ²² For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the earth; and they that are cursed by him shall be cut off.

Righteous Man

Psalm 112:5

A good man showeth favor, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

Deuteronomy 28:12

The LORD shall open to thee his good treasure, the heaven to give rain to thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand: and thou shalt lend to many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

Psalm 112:9

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.

Proverbs 22:7

The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

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.

Hebrews 13:16

But to do good, and to communicate, forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Deuteronomy 15:9-11

Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thy eye shall be evil against thy poor brother, and thou shalt give him naught; and he shall cry to the LORD against thee, and it shall be sin to thee.

Deuteronomy 28:43-44

The stranger that is within thee shall rise above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.

2 Kings 4:1-5

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant feared the LORD: and the creditor hath come to take to him my two sons to be bond-men.

Nehemiah 5:1-5

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

Job 31:16-20

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

Isaiah 32:8

But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

Isaiah 58:7-10

Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou shouldst bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou shouldst cover him; and that thou shouldst not hide thyself from thy own flesh?

Luke 6:30

Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again.

Acts 11:29

Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brethren who dwelt in Judea.

Acts 20:35

I have shown you all things, that so laboring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

2 Corinthians 9:6-15

But this I say, He who soweth sparingly, shall reap also sparingly; and he who soweth bountifully, shall reap also bountifully.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which ye have shown towards his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.