Psalm 37:21
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The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back.
If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while its owner is not present, he must make full restitution.
Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts. If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.” Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.” Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards. We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.” . . .
You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case. You must abide by the verdict they give you at the place the LORD will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you, according to the terms of law they give and the verdict they proclaim. Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from the decision they declare to you.
When the LORD your God blesses you as He has promised, you will lend to many nations but borrow from none; you will rule over many nations but be ruled by none.
The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.
If the owner was present, no restitution is required. If the animal was rented, the fee covers the loss.
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Now announce to the people that men and women alike should ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”
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