credit
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7The rich rule over the poor. And the borrower is servant to the lender.
28For who among you, wanting to build a tower, would not first sit down and determine the costs that are required, to see if he has the means to complete it?
11So then, if you have not been faithful with iniquitous mammon, who will trust you with what is true?
22The good leave behind heirs: children and grandchildren. And the substance of the sinner is preserved for the just.
8You should owe nothing to anyone, except so as to love one another. For whoever loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
20There is desirable treasure, as well as oil, in the habitations of the just. And the imprudent man will waste it.
21The sinner will lend and not release, but the just one shows compassion and donates.
26Do not be willing to be with those who certify with their hands, and who offer themselves as a guarantee against debts. 27For if you do not have the means to restore, what reason should there be for him to take the covering from your bed?
1A good name is better than many riches. And good esteem is above silver and gold.
12The Lord will open his excellent treasury, the heavens, so that it may distribute rain in due time. And he will bless all the works of your hands. And you shall lend to many nations, but you yourself will borrow nothing from anyone.
7Therefore, render to all whatever is owed. Taxes, to whom taxes is due; revenue, to whom revenue is due; fear, to whom fear is due; honor, to whom honor is due.
6You shall lend money to many nations, and you yourselves shall borrow in return from no one. You shall rule over very many nations, and no one shall rule over you.
24No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will have hatred for the one, and love the other, or he will persevere with the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
2On the first day of the week, the Sabbath, let each one of you take from himself, setting aside what will be well-pleasing to him, so that when I arrive, the collections will not have to be made then.
8But if anyone has no concern for his own, and especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith, and he is worse than an unbeliever.