Deuteronomy 28:12

May the Lord open to you his good treasure, the heaven, to give rain to your land in season: may he bless all the works of your hands: so shall you lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; and you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

In Context

11And the Lord your God shall multiply you for good in the offspring of your + 28:11 Gr. belly. body, and in the offspring of your cattle, and in the fruits of your land, on your land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give to you.

13The Lord your God make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall then be above and you shall not be below, if you will listen to the voice of the Lord your God, in all things that I charge you this day to observe.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:4then will I give you the rain in its season, and the land shall produce its fruits, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

Deuteronomy 14:29And the Levite shall come, because he has no part or lot with you, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow which is in your cities; and they shall eat and be filled, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the works which you shall do.

Deuteronomy 15:10You shall surely give to him, and you shall lend him as much as he wants, according as he is in need; and you shall not grudge in your heart as you give to him, because on this account the Lord your God will bless you in all your works, and in all things on which you shall lay your hand.

Deuteronomy 28:44He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him: he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.

Psalms 65:9who quickens my soul in life, and does not suffer my feet to be moved. 1

Proverbs 22:7The rich will rule over the poor, and servants will lend to their own masters.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 28:2-15

Promises. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and… Read the whole commentary →

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