MySQL JDBC Java exception: "Operation not allowed after closing ResultSet"

I have been working on this for almost a day and a half, and I cannot handle this error. I do not know why ResultSet is closing. Perhaps some of you can help me.

MySQLDatabase:

package net.gielinor.network.sql;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;

public abstract class MySQLDatabase {

    private String host;
    private String database;
    private String username;
    private String password;
    private Connection connection = null;
    private Statement statement;

    public MySQLDatabase(String host, String database, String username, String password) {
        this.host = host;
        this.database = database;
        this.username = username;
        this.password = password;
    }

    public abstract void cycle() throws SQLException;

    public abstract void ping();

    public void connect() {
        try {
            Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
            connection = DriverManager.getConnection(String.format("jdbc:mysql://%s/%s", host, database), username, password);
            statement = connection.createStatement();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public void ping(String table, String variable) {
        try {
            statement.executeQuery(String.format("SELECT * FROM `%s` WHERE `%s` = 'null'", table, variable));
        } catch (Exception e) {
            connect();
        }
    }

    public ResultSet query(String query) throws SQLException {
        if (query.toLowerCase().startsWith("select")) {
            return statement.executeQuery(query);
        } else {
            statement.executeUpdate(query);
        }
        return null;
    }

    public Connection getConnection() {
        return connection;
    }

}

MySQLHandler

package net.gielinor.network.sql;

import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Properties;

import net.gielinor.network.sql.impl.MySQLDonation;

public class MySQLHandler extends Thread {

    private static final MySQLHandler mysqlHandler = new MySQLHandler();

    public static MySQLHandler getMySQLHandler() {
        return mysqlHandler;
    }

    private static List<MySQLDatabase> updateList;
    private static String host;
    private static String database;
    private static String username;
    private static String password;

    @Override
    public void run() {
        while (true) {
            for (MySQLDatabase database : updateList) {
                try {
                    if (database.getConnection() == null) {
                        database.connect();
                    } else {
                        database.ping();
                    }
                    database.cycle();
                } catch (Exception ex) {
                    ex.printStackTrace();
                }

                try {
                    Thread.sleep(10000);
                } catch (Exception ex) {
                }
            }
        }
    }

    private static void loadProperties() {
        Properties p = new Properties();
        try {
            p.load(new FileInputStream("./sql.ini"));
            host = p.getProperty("host");
            database = p.getProperty("database");
            username = p.getProperty("username");
            password = p.getProperty("password");   
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            System.out.println("Error loading MySQL properties.");
        }
    }

    public static String getHost() {
        return host;
    }

    static {
        loadProperties();
        updateList = new ArrayList<MySQLDatabase>();
        updateList.add(new MySQLDonation(host, database, username, password));
    }

}

MySQLDonation

package net.gielinor.network.sql.impl;

import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;

import net.gielinor.game.model.player.Client;
import net.gielinor.game.model.player.PlayerHandler;
import net.gielinor.game.model.player.PlayerSave;
import net.gielinor.network.sql.MySQLDatabase;

public final class MySQLDonation extends MySQLDatabase {

    public MySQLDonation(String host, String database, String username, String password) {
        super(host, database, username, password);
    }

    @Override
    public void cycle() throws SQLException {
        ResultSet results = query("SELECT * FROM `gieli436_purchases`.`donations`");
        if (results == null) {
            return;
        }
        while (results.next()) {
            String username = results.getString("username").replace("_", " ");
            System.out.println("name=" + username);
            Client client = (Client) PlayerHandler.getPlayer(username.toLowerCase());
            System.out.println(client == null);
            if (client != null && !client.disconnected) {
                int creditamount = results.getInt("creditamount");
                if (creditamount <= 0) {
                    continue;
                }
                handleDonation(client, creditamount);
                query(String.format("DELETE FROM `gieli436_purchases`.`donations` WHERE `donations`.`username`='%s' LIMIT 1", client.playerName.replaceAll(" ", "_")));
            }
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void ping() {
        super.ping("donations", "username");
    }

    private void handleDonation(Client client, int creditamount) throws SQLException {
        client.credits = (client.credits + creditamount);
        client.sendMessage("Thank you for your purchase. You have received " + creditamount + " store credits.");
        PlayerSave.save(client);
    }

}

An exception occurs here: in a while loop in MySQLDonation and the actual stacktrace:

java.sql.SQLException: Operation not allowed after ResultSet closed
    at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createSQLException(SQLError.java:1055)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createSQLException(SQLError.java:956)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createSQLException(SQLError.java:926)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.ResultSetImpl.checkClosed(ResultSetImpl.java:794)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.ResultSetImpl.next(ResultSetImpl.java:7077)
    at net.gielinor.network.sql.impl.MySQLDonation.cycle(Unknown Source)
    at net.gielinor.network.sql.MySQLHandler.run(Unknown Source)

With this information, let me say that it works, I get my message and that is not in the game, but it repeats, for example, the user is never deleted from the request, so he gives them infinite rewards. If you need more information, feel free to ask.