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Deu 23:20 — Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

a stranger		Deu 14:21; Deu 15:3; Lev 19:33,34
that the		Deu 15:10; Pro 19:17; Isa 1:19; Luk 14:14; 1Cr 15:58

Correlating Passages

a stranger

	Deu 14:21	Ye shall not eat [of] any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that [is] in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
	Deu 15:3	Of a foreigner thou mayest exact [it again]: but [that] which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;
	Lev 19:33	And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
	Lev 19:34	[But] the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God.

that the

	Deu 15:10	Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
	Pro 19:17	He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
	Isa 1:19	If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
	Luk 14:14	And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
	1Cr 15:58	Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

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Scott, Thomas. "Deuteronomy 23:20," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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