Deuteronomy 24:19

A forgotten sheaf at harvest is to be left for the foreigner, orphan, and widow, and God promises to bless such generosity. Leaving room for the poor invites the Lord's blessing.

Cross-references · 21

• Lev 23:22When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your God.’”
• Prov 19:17Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
• Lev 19:9–10When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.
• Luke 14:13–14But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,
• Deut 14:29Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.
• Luke 6:38Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
• 2 Cor 9:6–8Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
• Ps 112:9He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
• Prov 11:24–25One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
• Isa 58:7–11Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
• Isa 32:8But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
• Deut 26:13Then you shall declare in the presence of the LORD your God, “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all the commandments You have given me. I have not transgressed or forgotten Your commandments.
• Job 42:12So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
• Ps 41:1–3For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
• Deut 24:20–21When you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.
• Deut 15:10Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.
• Ruth 2:16Rather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her.”
• 1 Jn 3:17–19If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?
• Job 31:16–22If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
• Prov 14:21He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
• Luke 6:35But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

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