"The
LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the
work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow." "And
the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that
thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:"
(Deuteronomy 28:12-13)