Ruth 2:15

New American Bible - revised edition

As she rose to glean, Boaz instructed his young people: “Let her glean among the sheaves themselves without scolding her,

Cross References

Leviticus 19:9

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.

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.

James 1:5

But if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and he will be given it.

Ruth 2:14

At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come here and have something to eat; dip your bread in the sauce.” Then as she sat near the harvesters, he handed her some roasted grain and she ate her fill and had some left over.

Ruth 2:16

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