Bible Strands
Psalms 112:5
It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.
Berean Standard Bible
Follow its threads on the canvas →
Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the community by describing the conduct of the righteous person within a wisdom context, bracketed by verses 4 and 6.
The words — חוֹנֵן (cho.Nen) means “shows favor,” and יְכַלְכֵּל (ye.khal.Kel) means “he maintains” or directs one’s affairs.
The thread — The contrast between righteous generosity and wicked default runs in Psalms 37:21, while the call to deliberate conduct echoes in Ephesians 5:15.
Why it lands — It requires readers to manage their resources and relationships according to justice, treating financial and social dealings as matters of moral discipline.
Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.
The Hebrew words
King James Version
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
Cross-references
- Psalms 37:21 The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.
- Proverbs 2:20 So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
- Ephesians 5:15 Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
- Deuteronomy 15:7 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 shut your hand from your poor brother.
- Psalms 37:25 I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
- Proverbs 24:30 I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
- John 6:12 And when everyone was full, He said to His disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over, so that nothing will be wasted.”
- Philippians 1:9 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
- Luke 6:35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
- Luke 23:50 Now there was a Council member named Joseph, a good and righteous man,