Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.

General references

Bible References

When thou

Leviticus 19:9
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou shalt not gather.
Leviticus 23:22
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not in thy harvest entirely reap the corners of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest shalt thou not gather: thou shalt leave them unto the poor and to the stranger: I am Jehovah your God.
Ruth 2:16
And ye shall also sometimes draw out for her some ears out of the handfuls, and leave them that she may glean, and rebuke her not.
Psalm 41:1
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

It shall be

Deuteronomy 24:20
When thou shakest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Deuteronomy 14:29
and the Levite for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.
Deuteronomy 26:13
and thou shalt say before Jehovah thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of the house, and also have given them to the Levite, and to the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandment which thou hast commanded me; I have not transgressed nor forgotten any of thy commandments:

May bless

Deuteronomy 15:10
Thou shalt bountifully give unto him, and thy heart shall not be evil-disposed when thou givest unto him; because for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy works, and in all the business of thy hand.
Job 31:16
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Job 42:12
And Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
Psalm 41:1
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
Psalm 112:9
He scattereth abroad, he giveth to the needy; his righteousness abideth for ever: his horn shall be exalted with honour.
Proverbs 11:24
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is right, but it tendeth only to want.
Proverbs 14:21
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth; but he that is gracious to the afflicted, happy is he.
Proverbs 19:17
He that is gracious to the poor lendeth unto Jehovah; and what he hath bestowed will he repay unto him.
Isaiah 32:8
But the noble deviseth noble things; and to noble things doth he stand.
Isaiah 58:7
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring to thy house the needy wanderers; when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Luke 6:35
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return, and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for he is good to the unthankful and wicked.
Luke 14:13
But when thou makest a feast, call poor, crippled, lame, blind:
2 Corinthians 9:6
But this is true, he that sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that sows in the spirit of blessing shall reap also in blessing:
1 John 3:17
But whoso may have the world's substance, and see his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abides the love of God in him?

General references

Leviticus 23:22
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not in thy harvest entirely reap the corners of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest shalt thou not gather: thou shalt leave them unto the poor and to the stranger: I am Jehovah your God.
Ruth 2:16
And ye shall also sometimes draw out for her some ears out of the handfuls, and leave them that she may glean, and rebuke her not.