Deuteronomy 24:19

Modern English Version

Whenever you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you may not go back to get it. It will be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

Cross References

Leviticus 23:22

When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field up to the edge, nor shall you gather any gleaning of your harvest. You shall leave them to the poor and to the foreigner: I am the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 14:29

Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance with you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates, shall come and shall eat and be satisfied, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

Proverbs 19:17

He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, and He will repay what he has given.

Luke 6:38

Give, and it will be given to you: Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will men give unto you. For with the measure you use, it will be measured unto you.”

Isaiah 32:8

But the noble devises noble things, and by noble things he stands.

Psalm 112:9

He has given freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be exalted with honor.

Job 42:12

So the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning, for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.

Deuteronomy 26:13

then you shall say before the Lord your God, “I have removed the sacred things out of my house and also have given them to the Levite, and to the foreigner, to the orphan, and to the widow, according to all Your commandments which You have commanded me. I have not transgressed Your commandments or forgotten them.

Ruth 2:16

Also pull out some grain for her from the bundles and leave it so that she may glean it, and do not rebuke her.”

Deuteronomy 15:10

You must surely give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because in this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your works, and in all that you put your hand to do.

Luke 6:35

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be the sons of the Highest. For He is kind to the unthankful and the evil.

Proverbs 14:21

He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who has mercy on the poor.

Deuteronomy 24:18

On the contrary, you must remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you there. Therefore, I command you to do this.

Ruth 2:2

Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the field and glean among the heads of grain behind anyone in whose eyes I may find favor.” Naomi said to her, “Go, my daughter.”