⁴“There will be no poor among you, however, because the Lord is certain to bless you in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance^a—⁵if only you obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow every one of these commands I am giving you today. ⁶When the Lord your God blesses you as he has promised you, you will lend to many nations but not borrow; you will rule many nations, but they will not rule you.

LENDING TO THE POOR

⁷“If there is a poor person among you, one of your brothers within any of your city gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother. ⁸Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him enough for whatever need he has. ⁹Be careful that there isn’t this wicked thought in your heart, ‘The seventh year, the year of canceling debts, is near,’ and you are stingy toward your poor brother and give him nothing. He will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty. ¹⁰Give to him, and don’t have a stingy heart^A when you give, and because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you do.^B ¹¹For there will never cease to be poor people in the land;^b that is why I am commanding you, ‘Open your hand willingly to your poor and needy brother in your land.’

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Footnotes

A and let not your heart be grudging
B you put your hand to

Cross references

a Ex 32:13; Lv 20:24; Dt 4:21; 12:10; 16:20; 19:10; 21:23; 24:4; 25:19; 26:1; 29:8; Jos 1:6
b Mt 26:11