"If a person you make a loan to is poor, do not keep the collateral for the loan over an extended period. Return this item or amount immediately so that the poor person may have use of it. Then he will thank you, and it will be regarded as A RIGHTEOUS ACT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD YOUR GOD (Deuteronomy 23:12-13, paraphrased NIV))."
"Do not take advantage of an employee who is poor and needy, making their work difficult with excessive regulations and limited benefits, whether an Israelite or someone ethnically and racially different living among you. Pay the wages promptly and regularly without complications and gimmicks, because the poor live from paycheck to paycheck (Deuteronomy 23:14-15, paraphrased NIV)."
"When you are amassing your profits, set aside some for those who are on the margins of life, for the ethnically and racially different, for the children of single mothers and single fathers and for the women and men themselves, so that THE LORD YOUR GOD MAY BLESS YOU IN ALL THAT YOU DO (Deuteronomy 23:19, paraphrased NIV)."
"He who listens to you, listens to me (Jesus); he who rejects you rejects me; but he who rejects me rejects God who sent me (Luke 10:16)."
Nuff said!
Don
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