Deuteronomy 28:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The LORD will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do; you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 14:29 : 29 Then the Levites(because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work you do.
  • Deut 15:6 : 6 For the LORD your God will bless you just as he has promised; you will lend to many nations but will not borrow from any, and you will rule over many nations but they will not rule over you.
  • Lev 26:4 : 4 I will give you your rains in their time so that the land will give its yield and the trees of the field will produce their fruit.
  • Deut 11:14 : 14 then he promises,“I will send rain for your land in its season, the autumn and the spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine, and olive oil.
  • Joel 2:23-24 : 23 Citizens of Zion, rejoice! Be glad because of what the LORD your God has done! For he has given to you the early rains as vindication. He has sent to you the rains– both the early and the late rains as formerly. 24 The threshing floors are full of grain; the vats overflow with fresh wine and olive oil.
  • Ps 65:9-9 : 9 You visit the earth and give it rain; you make it rich and fertile. God’s streams are full of water; you provide grain for them, for you have prepared the earth in this way. 10 You saturate its furrows, and soak its plowed ground. With rain showers you soften its soil, and make its crops grow. 11 You crown the year with your good blessings, and you leave abundance in your wake. 12 The pastures in the wilderness glisten with moisture, and the hills are clothed with joy. 13 The meadows are clothed with sheep, and the valleys are covered with grain. They shout joyfully, yes, they sing.
  • Ps 135:7 : 7 He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth, makes lightning bolts accompany the rain, and brings the wind out of his storehouses.
  • Prov 22:7 : 7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
  • Deut 15:10 : 10 You must by all means lend to him and not be upset by doing it, for because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt.
  • Deut 28:44 : 44 They will lend to you but you will not lend to them; they will become the head and you will become the tail!
  • Job 38:22 : 22 Have you entered the storehouse of the snow, or seen the armory of the hail,

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  • Deut 28:11
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    11The LORD will greatly multiply your children, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your soil in the land which he promised your ancestors he would give you.

  • Deut 28:8-9
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    8The LORD will decree blessing for you with respect to your barns and in everything you do– yes, he will bless you in the land he is giving you.

    9The LORD will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments and obey him.

  • Deut 15:4-6
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    4However, there should not be any poor among you, for the LORD will surely bless you in the land that he is giving you as an inheritance,

    5if you carefully obey him by keeping all these commandments that I am giving you today.

    6For the LORD your God will bless you just as he has promised; you will lend to many nations but will not borrow from any, and you will rule over many nations but they will not rule over you.

  • Deut 30:9
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    9The LORD your God will make the labor of your hands abundantly successful and multiply your children, the offspring of your cattle, and the produce of your soil. For the LORD will once more rejoice over you to make you prosperous just as he rejoiced over your ancestors,

  • Deut 28:13
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    13The LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always end up at the top and not at the bottom, if you obey his commandments which I am urging you today to be careful to do.

  • Deut 15:8
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    8Instead, you must be sure to open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs.

  • Deut 28:44
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    44They will lend to you but you will not lend to them; they will become the head and you will become the tail!

  • Deut 28:1-6
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    1The Covenant Blessings“If you indeed obey the LORD your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth.

    2All these blessings will come to you in abundance if you obey the LORD your God:

    3You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the field.

    4Your children will be blessed, as well as the produce of your soil, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

    5Your basket and your mixing bowl will be blessed.

    6You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.

  • Deut 15:10-11
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    10You must by all means lend to him and not be upset by doing it, for because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt.

    11There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open your hand to your fellow Israelites who are needy and poor in your land.

  • Deut 7:13-14
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    13He will love and bless you, and make you numerous. He will bless you with many children, with the produce of your soil, your grain, your new wine, your oil, the offspring of your oxen, and the young of your flocks in the land which he promised your ancestors to give you.

    14You will be blessed beyond all peoples; there will be no barrenness among you or your livestock.

  • Isa 30:23
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    23He will water the seed you plant in the ground, and the ground will produce crops in abundance. At that time your cattle will graze in wide pastures.

  • Deut 11:14
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    14then he promises,“I will send rain for your land in its season, the autumn and the spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine, and olive oil.

  • Deut 15:14
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    14You must supply them generously from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress– as the LORD your God has blessed you, you must give to them.

  • Deut 11:17
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    17Then the anger of the LORD will erupt against you and he will close up the sky so that it does not rain. The land will not yield its produce, and you will soon be removed from the good land that the LORD is about to give you.

  • Deut 8:7
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    7For the LORD your God is bringing you to a good land, a land of brooks, springs, and fountains flowing forth in valleys and hills,

  • Deut 8:18
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    18You must remember the LORD your God, for he is the one who gives ability to get wealth; if you do this he will confirm his covenant that he made by oath to your ancestors, even as he has to this day.

  • Deut 28:24-25
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    24The LORD will make the rain of your land powder and dust; it will come down on you from the sky until you are destroyed.

    25Curses by Defeat and Deportation“The LORD will allow you to be struck down before your enemies; you will attack them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions and will become an object of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

  • Deut 23:20
    74%

    20You may lend with interest to a foreigner, but not to your fellow Israelite; if you keep this command the LORD your God will bless you in all you undertake in the land you are about to enter to possess.

  • Lev 26:4
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    4I will give you your rains in their time so that the land will give its yield and the trees of the field will produce their fruit.

  • Gen 27:28
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    28May God give you the dew of the sky and the richness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.

  • Mal 3:12
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    12“All nations will call you happy, for you indeed will live in a delightful land,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

  • Deut 6:11
    73%

    11houses filled with choice things you did not accumulate, hewn out cisterns you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant– and you eat your fill,

  • Lev 25:37
    73%

    37You must not lend him your money at interest and you must not sell him food for profit.

  • Deut 8:13
    73%

    13when your cattle and flocks increase, when you have plenty of silver and gold, and when you have abundance of everything,

  • Deut 8:9-10
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    9a land where you may eat food in plenty and find no lack of anything, a land whose stones are iron and from whose hills you can mine copper.

    10You will eat your fill and then praise the LORD your God because of the good land he has given you.

  • Deut 28:15
    73%

    15Curses as Reversal of Blessings“But if you ignore the LORD your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force:

  • Deut 12:28
    73%

    28Pay careful attention to all these things I am commanding you so that it may always go well with you and your children after you when you do what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God.

  • Deut 30:5
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    5Then he will bring you to the land your ancestors possessed and you also will possess it; he will do better for you and multiply you more than he did your ancestors.

  • Deut 12:7
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    7Both you and your families must feast there before the LORD your God and rejoice in all the output of your labor with which he has blessed you.

  • Ps 85:12
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    12Yes, the LORD will bestow his good blessings, and our land will yield its crops.

  • Deut 26:11
    72%

    11You will celebrate all the good things that the LORD your God has given you and your family, along with the Levites and the resident foreigners among you.

  • Exod 22:25
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    25“If you lend money to any of my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender to him; do not charge him interest.

  • Mal 3:10
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    10“Bring the entire tithe into the storehouse so that there may be food in my temple. Test me in this matter,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“to see if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out blessing for you until there is no room for it all.

  • Deut 28:33
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    33As for the produce of your land and all your labor, a people you do not know will consume it, and you will be nothing but oppressed and crushed for the rest of your lives.

  • Deut 26:1
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    1Presentation of the First Fruits When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you occupy it and live in it,

  • Ps 37:26
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    26All day long he shows compassion and lends to others, and his children are blessed.

  • Deut 30:1
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    1The Results of Covenant Reaffirmation“When you have experienced all these things, both the blessings and the curses I have set before you, you will reflect upon them in all the nations where the LORD your God has banished you.

  • Deut 14:29
    72%

    29Then the Levites(because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work you do.