Deuteronomy 24:19

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.

When thou

It shall be

Deuteronomy 24:20

Deuteronomy 14:29

Deuteronomy 26:13

May bless

General references

Leviticus 23:22

Ruth 2:16

Bible References

When thou

'And in your reaping the harvest of your land ye do not completely reap the corner of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather,

And in your reaping the harvest of your land thou dost not complete the corner of thy field in thy reaping, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather, to the poor and to the sojourner thou dost leave them; I Jehovah am your God.'

and also ye do surely cast to her of the handfuls -- and have left, and she hath gleaned, and ye do not push against her.'

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.

It shall be

'When thou beatest thine olive, thou dost not examine the branch behind thee; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is.

and come in hath the Levite (for he hath no part and inheritance with thee), and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within thy gates, and they have eaten, and been satisfied, so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou dost.

and thou hast said before Jehovah thy God, I have put away the separated thing out of the house, and also have given it to the Levite, and to the sojourner, and to the orphan, and to the widow, according to all Thy command which Thou hast commanded me; I have not passed over from Thy commands, nor have I forgotten.

May bless

thou dost certainly give to him, and thy heart is not sad in thy giving to him, for because of this thing doth Jehovah thy God bless thee in all thy works, and in every putting forth of thy hand;

If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,

And Jehovah hath blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning, and he hath fourteen thousand of a flock, and six thousand camels, and a thousand pairs of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.

He hath scattered -- hath given to the needy, His righteousness is standing for ever, His horn is exalted with honour.

There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.

Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness.

Whoso is lending to Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

And the noble counselled noble things, And he for noble things riseth up.

Is it not to deal to the hungry thy bread, And the mourning poor bring home, That thou seest the naked and cover him, And from thine own flesh hide not thyself?

'But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind,

And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap;

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him -- how doth the love of God remain in him?

General references

and also ye do surely cast to her of the handfuls -- and have left, and she hath gleaned, and ye do not push against her.'