Deuteronomy 28:12

28:12 The Lord will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do; ¹  you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any.

Deuteronomy 28:44

28:44 They will lend to you but you will not lend to them; they will become the head and you will become the tail!

Psalms 37:21

37:21 Evil men borrow, but do not repay their debt,

but the godly show compassion and are generous. ² 

Psalms 37:26

37:26 All day long he shows compassion and lends to others, ³ 

and his children ⁴  are blessed.

Psalms 112:5

112:5 It goes well for the one ⁵  who generously lends money,

and conducts his business honestly. ⁶ 

Proverbs 22:7

22:7 The rich rule over ⁷  the poor,

and the borrower is servant ⁸  to the lender.

Luke 6:35

6:35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back. ⁹  Then ¹⁰  your reward will be great, and you will be sons ¹¹  of the Most High, ¹²  because he is kind to ungrateful and evil people. ¹³ 

[28:12]  ¹ tn Heb “all the work of your hands.”

[37:21]  ² tn Heb “an evil [man] borrows and does not repay; but a godly [man] is gracious and gives.” The singular forms are used in a representative sense; the typical evildoer and godly individual are in view. The three active participles and one imperfect (“repay”) draw attention to the characteristic behavior of the two types.

[37:26]  ³ tn The active participles describe characteristic behavior.

[37:26]  ⁴ tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”

[112:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “man.”

[112:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “he sustains his matters with justice.”

[22:7]  ⁷ sn The proverb is making an observation on life. The synonymous parallelism matches “rule over” with “servant” to show how poverty makes people dependent on, or obligated to, others.

[22:7]  ⁸ tn Or “slave” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV, TEV, CEV). This may refer to the practice in Israel of people selling themselves into slavery to pay off debts (Exod 21:2-7).

[6:35]  ⁹ tn Or “in return.”

[6:35]  ¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the outcome or result. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started in the translation at this point.

[6:35]  ¹¹ sn The character of these actions reflects the grace and kindness of God, bearing witness to a “line of descent” or relationship of the individual to God (sons of the Most High). There is to be a unique kind of ethic at work with disciples. Jesus refers specifically to sons here because in the ancient world sons had special privileges which were rarely accorded to daughters. However, Jesus is most likely addressing both men and women in this context, so women too would receive these same privileges.

[6:35]  ¹² sn That is, “sons of God.”

[6:35]  ¹³ tn Or “to the ungrateful and immoral.” The word “people” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.