Deuteronomy 28:44

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

he doth lend `to' thee, and thou dost not lend `to' him; he is for head, and thou art for tail.

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  • Deut 28:12-13 : 12 `Jehovah doth open to thee his good treasure -- the heavens -- to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand, and thou hast lent to many nations, and thou -- thou dost not borrow. 13 `And Jehovah hath given thee for head, and not for tail; and thou hast been only above, and art not beneath, for thou dost hearken unto the commands of Jehovah thy God, which I am commanding thee to-day, to keep and to do,
  • Lam 1:5 : 5 Her adversaries have become chief, Her enemies have been at ease, For Jehovah hath afflicted her, For the abundance of her transgressions, Her infants have gone captive before the adversary.

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  • Deut 28:11-20
    10 verses
    84%

    11`And Jehovah hath made thee abundant in good, in the fruit of the womb, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers to give to thee.

    12`Jehovah doth open to thee his good treasure -- the heavens -- to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand, and thou hast lent to many nations, and thou -- thou dost not borrow.

    13`And Jehovah hath given thee for head, and not for tail; and thou hast been only above, and art not beneath, for thou dost hearken unto the commands of Jehovah thy God, which I am commanding thee to-day, to keep and to do,

    14and thou dost not turn aside from all the words which I am commanding you to-day -- right or left -- to go after other gods, to serve them.

    15`And it hath been, if thou dost not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God to observe to do all His commands, and His statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day, that all these revilings have come upon thee, and overtaken thee:

    16`Cursed `art' thou in the city, and cursed `art' thou in the field.

    17`Cursed `is' thy basket and thy kneading-trough.

    18`Cursed `is' the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, increase of thine oxen, and wealth of thy flock.

    19`Cursed `art' thou in thy coming in, and cursed `art' thou in thy going out.

    20`Jehovah doth send on thee the curse, the trouble, and the rebuke, in every putting forth of thy hand which thou dost, till thou art destroyed, and till thou perish hastily, because of the evil of thy doings `by' which thou hast forsaken Me.

  • Deut 15:6
    80%

    6for Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee as He hath spoken to thee; and thou hast lent `to' many nations, and thou hast not borrowed; and thou hast ruled over many nations, and over thee they do not rule.

  • Deut 28:43
    79%

    43the sojourner who `is' in thy midst goeth up above thee very high, and thou goest down very low;

  • Deut 28:45-46
    2 verses
    79%

    45`And come upon thee have all these curses, and they have pursued thee, and overtaken thee, till thou art destroyed, because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep His commands, and His statutes, which he hath commanded thee;

    46and they have been on thee for a sign and for a wonder, also on thy seed -- to the age.

  • Prov 22:7
    73%

    7The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant `is' the borrower to the lender.

  • Lev 25:37
    73%

    37thy money thou givest not to him in usury, and for increase thou givest not thy food;

  • Deut 28:33-37
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    33The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labour, eat up doth a people whom thou hast not known; and thou hast been only oppressed and bruised all the days;

    34and thou hast been mad, because of the sight of thine eyes which thou dost see.

    35`Jehovah doth smite thee with an evil ulcer, on the knees, and on the legs (of which thou art not able to be healed), from the sole of thy foot even unto thy crown.

    36`Jehovah doth cause thee to go, and thy king whom thou raisest up over thee, unto a nation which thou hast not known, thou and thy fathers, and thou hast served there other gods, wood and stone;

    37and thou hast been for an astonishment, for a simile, and for a byword among all the peoples whither Jehovah doth lead thee.

  • Exod 22:25
    71%

    25`If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;

  • Isa 9:14-15
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    71%

    14And Jehovah cutteth off from Israel head and tail, Branch and reed -- the same day,

    15Elder, and accepted of face, he `is' the head, Prophet, teacher of falsehood, he `is' the tail.

  • Deut 23:19-20
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    19`Thou dost not lend in usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of food, usury of anything which is lent on usury.

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  • Deut 28:25
    70%

    25`Jehovah giveth thee smitten before thine enemies; in one way thou goest out unto them, and in seven ways dost flee before them, and thou hast been for a trembling to all kingdoms of the earth;

  • Deut 28:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1`And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth,

    2and all these blessings have come upon thee, and overtaken thee, because thou dost hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God:

  • Deut 28:8
    70%

    8`Jehovah commandeth with thee the blessing in thy storehouses, and in every putting forth of thy hand, and hath blessed thee in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

  • Deut 28:51-52
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    51and it hath eaten the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, till thou art destroyed; which leaveth not to thee corn, new wine, and oil, increase of thine oxen, and wealth of thy flock, till it hath destroyed thee.

    52`And it hath laid siege to thee in all thy gates, till thy walls come down, the high and the fenced ones in which thou art trusting, in all thy land; yea, it hath laid siege to thee in all thy gates, in all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee;

  • Isa 24:2
    69%

    2And it hath been -- as a people so a priest, As the servant so his master, As the maid-servant so her mistress, As the buyer so the seller, As the lender so the borrower, As the usurer so he who is lifting `it' on himself.

  • Deut 28:29-31
    3 verses
    69%

    29and thou hast been gropling at noon, as the blind gropeth in darkness; and thou dost not cause thy ways to prosper; and thou hast been only oppressed and plundered all the days, and there is no saviour.

    30`A woman thou dost betroth, and another man doth lie with her; a house thou dost build, and dost not dwell in it; a vineyard thou dost plant, and dost not make it common;

    31thine ox `is' slaughtered before thine eyes, and thou dost not eat of it; thine ass `is' taken violently away from before thee, and it is not given back to thee; thy sheep `are' given to thine enemies, and there is no saviour for thee.

  • Deut 24:10-12
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    69%

    10`When thou liftest up on thy brother a debt of anything, thou dost not go in unto his house to obtain his pledge;

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  • Deut 28:48-49
    2 verses
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    48thou hast served thine enemies, whom Jehovah sendeth against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in lack of all things; and he hath put a yoke of iron on thy neck, till He hath destroyed thee.

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    4only when there is no needy one with thee, for Jehovah doth greatly bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance to possess it.

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    40olives are to thee in all thy border, and oil thou dost not pour out, for thine olive doth fall off.

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