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For the Lord your God will bless you, as he has promised to do. You will lend money to the people of many other nations, but you will not borrow money from them. You will rule over many other nations, but they will not rule over you.

The Lord your God will bless you in the land that he is giving to you. But perhaps there will be a poor person among the Israelites in one of your towns. Then do not refuse to help him. Do not think only about yourself. Instead, be generous.[a] Lend him the money that he needs.

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Footnotes

  1. 15:8 ‘Generous’ means that you do not want to keep things for yourself if someone else needs them more. See verses 10 and 14.