Deuteronomy 15:4-8
Deuteronomy 15:4
However, there will be no poor among you, since the Lord will certainly bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess,
Deuteronomy 15:5
if only you listen obediently to the voice of the Lord your God, to follow carefully all this commandment which I am commanding you today.
Deuteronomy 15:6
For the Lord your God will have blessed you just as He has promised you, and you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow; and you will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you.
Deuteronomy 15:7
“If there is a poor person among you, one of your brothers, in any of your towns in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand from your poor brother;
Deuteronomy 15:8
but you shall fully open your hand to him, and generously lend him enough for his need in whatever he lacks.