Deuteronomy 28:13

28:13 The Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always end up at the top and not at the bottom, if you obey his ¹  commandments which I am urging ²  you today to be careful to do.

Deuteronomy 28:37

28:37 You will become an occasion of horror, a proverb, and an object of ridicule to all the peoples to whom the Lord will drive you.

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!

[28:13]  ¹ tn Heb “the Lord your God’s.” See note on “he” in 28:8.

[28:13]  ² tn Heb “commanding” (so NRSV); NASB “which I charge you today.”