Psalms 37:14-24

14 The wicked draw the sword and bend the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
15 But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
16 Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked;
17 for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
18 The blameless spend their days under the LORD’s care, and their inheritance will endure forever.
19 In times of disaster they will not wither; in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.
20 But the wicked will perish: Though the LORD’s enemies are like the flowers of the field, they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.
21 The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously;
22 those the LORD blesses will inherit the land, but those he curses will be destroyed.
23 The LORD makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him;
24 though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.

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Cross References 19

  • 1. S Psalms 22:20
  • 2. Psalms 11:2
  • 3. S Psalms 35:10
  • 4. S Psalms 9:16
  • 5. S 1 Samuel 2:4; Psalms 46:9; Jeremiah 49:35
  • 6. Proverbs 15:16; Proverbs 16:8
  • 7. Job 38:15; Psalms 10:15
  • 8. Psalms 41:12; Psalms 140:12; Psalms 145:14; Psalms 146:7
  • 9. S Job 23:10; Psalms 44:21; Psalms 1:6
  • 10. ver 27,29
  • 11. S Psalms 34:21
  • 12. Psalms 68:2; Psalms 102:3; Isaiah 51:6
  • 13. S Leviticus 25:35; Psalms 112:5
  • 14. S Job 5:3; Proverbs 3:33
  • 15. ver 9
  • 16. S Numbers 14:8; Psalms 147:11
  • 17. S Job 11:15; S Psalms 7:9; Psalms 66:9; 1 Samuel 2:9
  • 18. S Psalms 13:4; Psalms 27:2; Psalms 38:17; Psalms 55:22; Psalms 119:165; Proverbs 3:23; Proverbs 10:9; Proverbs 24:16
  • 19. 2 Chronicles 9:8; Psalms 41:12; Psalms 145:14; Psalms 147:6
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