Deuteronomy 15:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For the Lord your God will give you his blessing as he has said: you will let other nations have the use of your money, but you will not make use of theirs; you will be rulers over a number of nations, but they will not be your rulers.

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  • Deut 28:12-13 : 12 Opening his store-house in heaven, the Lord will send rain on your land at the right time, blessing all the work of your hands: other nations will make use of your wealth, and you will have no need of theirs. 13 The Lord will make you the head and not the tail; and you will ever have the highest place, if you give ear to the orders of the Lord your God which I give you today, to keep and to do them;
  • Deut 28:44 : 44 He will let you have his wealth at interest, and will have no need of yours: he will be the head and you the tail.
  • 1 Kgs 4:21 : 21 And Solomon was ruler over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the edge of Egypt; men gave him offerings and were his servants all the days of his life.
  • 1 Kgs 4:24 : 24 For he had authority over all the country on this side of the River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace round him on every side.
  • Ezra 4:20 : 20 Further, there have been great kings in Jerusalem, ruling over all the country across the river, to whom they gave taxes and payments in goods and forced payments.
  • Prov 22:7 : 7 The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.
  • Luke 6:35 : 35 But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.
  • Neh 9:27 : 27 And so you gave them up into the hands of their haters who were cruel to them: and in the time of their trouble, when they made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; and in your great mercy gave them saviours, who made them free from the hands of their haters.
  • Ps 37:21 : 21 The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.
  • Ps 37:26 : 26 All the day he is ready to have mercy and to give; his children are a blessing.
  • Ps 112:5 : 5 All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged.
  • 2 Chr 9:26 : 26 And he was ruler over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the limit of Egypt.

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    11 And the Lord will make you fertile in every good thing, in the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your fields, in the land which the Lord, by his oath to your fathers, said he would give you.

    12 Opening his store-house in heaven, the Lord will send rain on your land at the right time, blessing all the work of your hands: other nations will make use of your wealth, and you will have no need of theirs.

    13 The Lord will make you the head and not the tail; and you will ever have the highest place, if you give ear to the orders of the Lord your God which I give you today, to keep and to do them;

  • Deut 28:44-45
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    44 He will let you have his wealth at interest, and will have no need of yours: he will be the head and you the tail.

    45 And all these curses will come after you and overtake you, till your destruction is complete; because you did not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, or keep his laws and his orders which he gave you:

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    4 But there will be no poor among you; for the Lord will certainly give you his blessing in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage;

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  • Deut 28:8-9
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    8 The Lord will send his blessing on your store-houses and on everything to which you put your hand: his blessing will be on you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

    9 The Lord will keep you as a people holy to himself, as he has said to you in his oath, if you keep the orders of the Lord your God and go on walking in his ways.

  • Deut 28:1-2
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    1 Now if you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and keep with care all these orders which I have given you today, then the Lord your God will put you high over all the nations of the earth:

    2 And all these blessings will come on you and overtake you, if your ears are open to the voice of the Lord your God.

  • Deut 23:19-20
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    19 Do not take interest from an Israelite on anything, money or food or any other goods, which you let him have:

    20 From men of other nations you may take interest, but not from an Israelite: so that the blessing of the Lord your God may be on everything to which you put your hand, in the land which you are about to take as your heritage.

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    25 If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.

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    7 The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.

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  • Lev 25:37
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    37 Do not take interest on the money which you let him have or on the food which you give him.

  • Deut 7:13-14
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    14 You will have greater blessings than any other people: no male or female among you or among your cattle will be without offspring.

  • Deut 30:9
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    14 When you have come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and have taken it for a heritage and are living in it, if it is your desire to have a king over you, like the other nations round about you;

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  • Deut 6:10-11
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  • Deut 30:1
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