Deuteronomy 24:19

New American Bible - revised edition

When you reap the harvest in your field and overlook a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; let it be for the resident alien, the orphan, and the widow, so that the Lord, your God, may bless you in all your undertakings.

Cross References

Job 42:12

Thus the Lord blessed the later days of Job more than his earlier ones. Now he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-donkeys.

Psalm 112:9

Lavishly he gives to the poor; his righteousness shall endure forever; his horn shall be exalted in honor.

Proverbs 14:21

Whoever despises the hungry comes up short, but happy the one who is kind to the poor!

Proverbs 19:17

Whoever cares for the poor lends to the Lord, who will pay back the sum in full.

Isaiah 32:8

But the noble plan noble deeds, and in noble deeds they persist.

Leviticus 23:22

When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not be so thorough that you reap the field to its very edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. These things you shall leave for the poor and the alien. I, the Lord, am your God. New Year’s Day.

Luke 6:35

But rather, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend expecting nothing back; then your reward will be great and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.

Luke 6:38

Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you.”

Deuteronomy 14:29

that the Levite who has no hereditary portion with you, and also the resident alien, the orphan and the widow within your gates, may come and eat and be satisfied; so that the Lord, your God, may bless you in all that you undertake.

Deuteronomy 15:10

When you give, give generously and not with a stingy heart; for that, the Lord, your God, will bless you in all your works and undertakings.

Deuteronomy 24:18

For, remember, you were slaves in Egypt, and the Lord, your God, redeemed you from there; that is why I command you to do this.

Deuteronomy 26:13

you shall declare before the Lord, your God, “I have purged my house of the sacred portion and I have given it to the Levite, the resident alien, the orphan and the widow, just as you have commanded me. I have not transgressed any of your commandments, nor forgotten any.

Ruth 2:16

and even drop some handfuls and leave them for her to glean; do not rebuke her.”

Ruth 2:2

Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “I would like to go and glean grain in the field of anyone who will allow me.” Naomi said to her, “Go ahead, my daughter.”