Ruth 2:16

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Summary

And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

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

Pe He has dispersed; he has given to the poor; Tzaddi his righteousness endures for ever; Koph his horn shall be exalted in glory.

He that gives unto the poor lends unto the LORD, and he will give him his reward.

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brothers, ye have done it unto me.

sharing for the needs of the saints, and given to hospitality.

And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord and then unto us by the will of God.

For we have great joy and consolation in thy charity because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed by thee, brother.

For God is not unjust to forget your work and labour of charity which ye have showed in his name, having helped the saints and helping them.

But whosoever has this world's goods and sees his brother have need and shuts up his bowels of compassion from him, how does the charity of God abide in him?