You Shall Love the LORD You Shall Love Your Neighbor
You shall have no other gods before Me You shall make no graven images You shall not take God's name in vain Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy Honor your father and mother You shall not murder You shall not commit adultery You shall not steal You shall not bear false witness You shall not covet your neighbors possessions

You shall have no other gods before Me

Foreign Policy:  You can lend to other nations, but you cannot borrow.
 

Primary Verses:

  1. Deut. 15:6

    • "For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee."

  2. Deut. 28:12

    • "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."

Supporting Verses:

  1. Deut. 28:43-44

    • "The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.  He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail."

  2. Psalms 37:21

    • "The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth."

  3. Psalms 112:5

    • "A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion."

  4. Prov. 22:7

    • "The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender."

  5. Luke 6:35

    • "But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil."