Deuteronomy 28:44

KJV1611 – Modern English

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 The LORD shall open unto you His good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend unto many nations, and you shall not borrow. 13 And the LORD shall make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall be above only, and you shall not be beneath; if you listen unto the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day, to observe and to do them:
  • Lam 1:5 : 5 Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children have gone into captivity before the enemy.

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  • Deut 28:11-20
    10 verses
    84%

    11And the LORD shall make you plentiful in goods, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers to give you.

    12The LORD shall open unto you His good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend unto many nations, and you shall not borrow.

    13And the LORD shall make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall be above only, and you shall not be beneath; if you listen unto the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day, to observe and to do them:

    14And you shall not go 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.

    15But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen unto the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes which I command you this day; that all these curses shall come upon you, and overtake you:

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

    17Cursed shall be your basket and your store.

    18Cursed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your land, the increase of your kine, and the flocks of your sheep.

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

    20The LORD shall send upon you cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that you set your hand unto for to do, until you be destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the wickedness of your doings, whereby you have forsaken Me.

  • Deut 15:6
    80%

    6For the LORD your God blesses you, as he promised you: and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; and you shall reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over you.

  • Deut 28:43
    79%

    43The foreigner that is within you shall rise up above you very high; and you shall come down very low.

  • Deut 28:45-46
    2 verses
    79%

    45Moreover all these curses shall come upon you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, until you are destroyed; because you did not listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you:

    46And they shall be upon you for a sign and for a wonder, and upon your descendants forever.

  • Prov 22:7
    73%

    7The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Lev 25:37
    73%

    37You shall not give him your money upon usury, nor lend him your food for increase.

  • Deut 28:33-37
    5 verses
    72%

    33The fruit of your land, and all your labors, shall a nation which you know not eat up; and you shall be only oppressed and crushed always:

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

    35The LORD shall strike you in the knees, and in the legs, with a severe boil that cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot unto the top of your head.

    36The LORD shall bring you, and your king whom you shall set over you, unto a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known; and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone.

    37And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations where the LORD shall lead you.

  • Exod 22:25
    71%

    25If you lend money to any of my people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him interest.

  • Isa 9:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.

    15The elder and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that teaches lies, he is the tail.

  • Deut 23:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

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

    20To a stranger you may lend with interest; but to your brother you shall not lend with interest, that the LORD your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land which you are going to possess.

  • Deut 28:25
    70%

    25The LORD shall cause you to be smitten before your enemies: you shall go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shall be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

  • Deut 28:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1And it shall come to pass, if you shall listen diligently to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe and to do all His commandments which I command you this day, that the LORD your God will set you on high above all nations of the earth:

    2And all these blessings shall come upon you, and overtake you, if you shall listen to the voice of the LORD your God.

  • Deut 28:8
    70%

    8The LORD shall command the blessing upon you in your storehouses, and in all that you set your hand unto; and He shall bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

  • Deut 28:51-52
    2 verses
    70%

    51And he shall eat the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your land, until you are destroyed: which also shall not leave you either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of your kine, or flocks of your sheep, until he has destroyed you.

    52And he shall besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fortified walls come down, in which you trusted, throughout all your land: and he shall besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land, which the LORD your God has given you.

  • Isa 24:2
    69%

    2And it shall 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 lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest to him.

  • Deut 28:29-31
    3 verses
    69%

    29And 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 plundered evermore, and no man shall save you.

    30You shall marry 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 gather the grapes thereof.

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

  • Deut 24:10-12
    3 verses
    69%

    10When you lend your brother anything, you shall not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

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

    12And if the man is poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge:

  • Deut 28:48-49
    2 verses
    69%

    48Therefore you shall serve your enemies which the LORD 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 upon your neck, until he has destroyed you.

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

  • Deut 15:4
    68%

    4Except when there are no poor among you; for the LORD will greatly bless you in the land the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it.

  • Lev 26:17
    68%

    17And I will set my face against you, and you shall be slain before your enemies: those that hate you shall reign over you; and you shall flee when none pursues you.

  • Ps 37:22
    68%

    22For those blessed by him shall inherit the earth, but those cursed by him shall be cut off.

  • Deut 30:1
    68%

    1And it shall come to pass, when all these things have come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all the nations, where the LORD your God has driven you,

  • Jer 2:37
    68%

    37Yes, you shall go forth from him, with your hands upon your head: for the LORD has rejected your confidences, and you shall not prosper in them.

  • Deut 30:7
    67%

    7And the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies, and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.

  • Deut 11:29
    67%

    29And it shall come to pass, when the LORD your God has brought you into the land which you go to possess, that you shall put the blessing upon Mount Gerizim, and the curse upon Mount Ebal.

  • Deut 28:40
    67%

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

  • Deut 11:26
    67%

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