Deuteronomy 28:44

World English Bible (2000)

He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him: he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.

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  • Deut 28:12-13 : 12 Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend to many nations, and you shall not borrow. 13 Yahweh will make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall be above only, and you shall not be beneath; if you shall listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I command you this day, to observe and to do [them],
  • Lam 1:5 : 5 Her adversaries are become the head, her enemies prosper; for Yahweh has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her young children are gone into captivity before the adversary.

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  • Deut 28:11-20
    10 verses
    84%

    11 Yahweh will make you plenteous for good, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give you.

    12 Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend to many nations, and you shall not borrow.

    13 Yahweh will make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall be above only, and you shall not be beneath; if you shall listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I command you this day, to observe and to do [them],

    14 and shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

    15 But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day, that all these curses shall come on you, and overtake you.

    16 You shall be cursed in the city, and you shall be cursed in the field.

    17 Your basket and your kneading trough shall be cursed.

    18 The fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock shall be cursed.

    19 You shall be cursed when you come in, and you shall be cursed when you go out.

    20 Yahweh will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke, in all that you put your hand to do, until you are destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the evil of your doings, by which you have forsaken me.

  • Deut 15:6
    80%

    6 For Yahweh your God will bless you, as he promised you: and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; and you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you.

  • Deut 28:43
    79%

    43 The foreigner who is in the midst of you shall mount up above you higher and higher; and you shall come down lower and lower.

  • Deut 28:45-46
    2 verses
    79%

    45 All these curses shall come on you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, until you are destroyed; because you didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you:

    46 and they shall be on you for a sign and for a wonder, and on your seed forever.

  • Prov 22:7
    73%

    7 The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Lev 25:37
    73%

    37 You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.

  • Deut 28:33-37
    5 verses
    72%

    33 The fruit of your ground, and all your labors, shall a nation which you don't know eat up; and you shall be only oppressed and crushed always;

    34 so that you shall be mad for the sight of your eyes which you shall see.

    35 Yahweh will strike you in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore boil, of which you can not be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.

    36 Yahweh will bring you, and your king whom you shall set over you, to a nation that you have not known, you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone.

    37 You shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where Yahweh shall lead you away.

  • Exod 22:25
    71%

    25 "If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.

  • Isa 9:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14 Therefore Yahweh will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day.

    15 The elder and the honorable man is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail.

  • Deut 23:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19 You shall not lend on interest to your brother; interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest:

    20 to a foreigner you may lend on interest; but to your brother you shall not lend on interest, that Yahweh your God may bless you in all that you put your hand to, in the land where you go in to possess it.

  • Deut 28:25
    70%

    25 Yahweh will cause you to be struck before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them, and shall flee seven ways before them: and you shall be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.

  • Deut 28:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1 It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you on high above all the nations of the earth:

    2 and all these blessings shall come on you, and overtake you, if you shall listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.

  • Deut 28:8
    70%

    8 Yahweh will command the blessing on you in your barns, and in all that you put your hand to; and he will bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

  • Deut 28:51-52
    2 verses
    70%

    51 and shall eat the fruit of your livestock, and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed; that also shall not leave you grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of your livestock, or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.

    52 They shall besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fortified walls come down, in which you trusted, throughout all your land; and they shall besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land, which Yahweh your God has given you.

  • Isa 24:2
    69%

    2 It will be as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest.

  • Deut 28:29-31
    3 verses
    69%

    29 and you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and robbed always, and there shall be none to save you.

    30 You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not use its fruit.

    31 Your ox shall be slain before your eyes, and you shall not eat of it: your donkey shall be violently taken away from before your face, and shall not be restored to you: your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you shall have none to save you.

  • Deut 24:10-12
    3 verses
    69%

    10 When you do lend your neighbor any kind of loan, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge.

    11 You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you do lend shall bring forth the pledge outside to you.

    12 If he be a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge;

  • Deut 28:48-49
    2 verses
    69%

    48 therefore you shall serve your enemies whom Yahweh shall send against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron on your neck, until he has destroyed you.

    49 Yahweh will bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies; a nation whose language you shall not understand;

  • Deut 15:4
    68%

    4 However there shall be no poor with you; (for Yahweh will surely bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it;)

  • Lev 26:17
    68%

    17 I will set my face against you, and you will be struck before your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you; and you will flee when no one pursues you.

  • Ps 37:22
    68%

    22 For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.

  • Deut 30:1
    68%

    1 It shall happen, when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all the nations, where Yahweh your God has driven you,

  • Jer 2:37
    68%

    37 From there also you shall go forth, with your hands on your head; for Yahweh has rejected those in whom you trust, and you shall not prosper with them.

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    7 Yahweh your God will put all these curses on your enemies, and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.

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    29 It shall happen, when Yahweh your God shall bring you into the land where you go to possess it, that you shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim, and the curse on Mount Ebal.

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    40 You shall have olive trees throughout all your borders, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil; for your olive shall cast [its fruit].

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    26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse: