⁵ if only you listen obediently to the voice of the Lord your God, to ^[a]follow carefully all this commandment which I am commanding you today. ^6 (A)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.

⁷ “If there is ^(B)a poor person among you, one of your brothers, in any of your ^[b]towns in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, ^(C)you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand from your poor brother;