‘“When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.

“When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest.

‘Speak to the Israelites and say to them: “When you enter the land I am going to give you and you reap its harvest, bring to the priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest.

“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest,

‘“When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you. I am the  Lord your God.”’

“And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the  Lord your God.”

Do not reap what grows of itself or harvest the grapes of your untended vines. The land is to have a year of rest.

You shall not reap what grows of itself in your harvest, or gather the grapes of your undressed vine. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.

The fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you; do not sow and do not reap what grows of itself or harvest the untended vines.

That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you; in it you shall neither sow nor reap what grows of itself nor gather the grapes from the undressed vines.

The  Lord answered Moses, ‘Is the  Lord’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not what I say will come true for you.’

And the  Lord said to Moses, “Is the  Lord’s hand shortened? Now you shall see whether my word will come true for you or not.”

They travelled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, to go round Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way;

From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And the people became impatient on the way.

When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that the  Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

“When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow that the  Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the  Lord. And he could bear Israel’s misery no longer.

So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the  Lord, and he became impatient over the misery of Israel.

With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it.

And when she pressed him hard with her words day after day, and urged him, his soul was vexed to death.

So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters. As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.

So she set out and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the clan of Elimelech.

Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, ‘The  Lord be with you!’

‘The  Lord bless you!’ they answered.

And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem. And he said to the reapers, “The  Lord be with you!” And they answered, “The  Lord bless you.”

Boaz asked the overseer of his harvesters, ‘Who does that young woman belong to?’

Then Boaz said to his young man who was in charge of the reapers, “Whose young woman is this?”

The overseer replied, ‘She is the Moabite who came back from Moab with Naomi.

And the servant who was in charge of the reapers answered, “She is the young Moabite woman, who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.

She said, “Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves behind the harvesters.” She came into the field and has remained here from morning till now, except for a short rest in the shelter.’

She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers.’ So she came, and she has continued from early morning until now, except for a short rest.”

Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the women. I have told the men not to lay a hand on you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled.’

Let your eyes be on the field that they are reaping, and go after them. Have I not charged the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink what the young men have drawn.”

At mealtime Boaz said to her, ‘Come over here. Have some bread and dip it in the wine vinegar.’

When she sat down with the harvesters, he offered her some roasted grain. She ate all she wanted and had some left over.

And at mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come here and eat some bread and dip your morsel in the wine.” So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed to her roasted grain. And she ate until she was satisfied, and she had some left over.

Now the people of Beth Shemesh were harvesting their wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they rejoiced at the sight.

Now the people of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley. And when they lifted up their eyes and saw the ark, they rejoiced to see it.

Some he will assign to be commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and others to plough his ground and reap his harvest, and still others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.

And he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots.

The child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the reapers.

When the child had grown, he went out one day to his father among the reapers.

‘This will be the sign for you, Hezekiah:

‘This year you will eat what grows by itself,
and the second year what springs from that.
But in the third year sow and reap,
plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

“And this shall be the sign for you: this year eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs of the same. Then in the third year sow and reap and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.

As I have observed, those who plough evil
and those who sow trouble reap it.

As I have seen, those who plow iniquity
and sow trouble reap the same.

‘Is my complaint directed to a human being?
Why should I not be impatient?

As for me, is my complaint against man?
Why should I not be impatient?

They gather fodder in the fields
and glean in the vineyards of the wicked.

They gather their fodder in the field,
and they glean the vineyard of the wicked man.

You have cut short the days of his youth;
you have covered him with a mantle of shame.

You have cut short the days of his youth;
you have covered him with shame.  Selah

In the course of my life he broke my strength;
he cut short my days.

He has broken my strength in midcourse;
he has shortened my days.

Those who sow with tears
will reap with songs of joy.

Those who sow in tears
shall reap with shouts of joy!

a reaper cannot fill his hands with it,
nor one who gathers fill his arms.

with which the reaper does not fill his hand
nor the binder of sheaves his arms,

The fear of the  Lord adds length to life,
but the years of the wicked are cut short.

The fear of the  Lord prolongs life,
but the years of the wicked will be short.

Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,
and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.

Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity,
and the rod of his fury will fail.

Whoever watches the wind will not plant;
whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.

He who observes the wind will not sow,
and he who regards the clouds will not reap.

It will be as when reapers harvest the standing corn,
gathering the corn in their arms –
as when someone gleans ears of corn
in the Valley of Rephaim.

And it shall be as when the reaper gathers standing grain
and his arm harvests the ears,
and as when one gleans the ears of grain
in the Valley of Rephaim.

The bed is too short to stretch out on,
the blanket too narrow to wrap around you.

For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on,
and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in.

‘This will be the sign for you, Hezekiah:

‘This year you will eat what grows by itself,
and the second year what springs from that.
But in the third year sow and reap,
plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

“And this shall be the sign for you: this year you shall eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs from that. Then in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.

When I came, why was there no one?
When I called, why was there no one to answer?
Was my arm too short to deliver you?
Do I lack the strength to rescue you?
By a mere rebuke I dry up the sea,
I turn rivers into a desert;
their fish rot for lack of water
and die of thirst.

Why, when I came, was there no man;
why, when I called, was there no one to answer?
Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem?
Or have I no power to deliver?
Behold, by my rebuke I dry up the sea,
I make the rivers a desert;
their fish stink for lack of water
and die of thirst.

Surely the arm of the  Lord is not too short to save,
nor his ear too dull to hear.

Behold, the  Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save,
or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;

Say, ‘This is what the  Lord declares:

‘“Dead bodies will lie
like dung on the open field,
like cut corn behind the reaper,
with no one to gather them.”’

Speak: “Thus declares the  Lord,
‘The dead bodies of men shall fall
like dung upon the open field,
like sheaves after the reaper,
and none shall gather them.’”

They will sow wheat but reap thorns;
they will wear themselves out but gain nothing.
They will bear the shame of their harvest
because of the  Lord’s fierce anger.’

They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns;
they have tired themselves out but profit nothing.
They shall be ashamed of their harvests
because of the fierce anger of the  Lord.”

Now the upper rooms were narrower, for the galleries took more space from them than from the rooms on the lower and middle floors of the building.

Now the upper chambers were narrower, for the galleries took more away from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building.

‘They sow the wind
and reap the whirlwind.
The stalk has no head;
it will produce no flour.
Were it to yield grain,
foreigners would swallow it up.

For they sow the wind,
and they shall reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no heads;
it shall yield no flour;
if it were to yield,
strangers would devour it.

Sow righteousness for yourselves,
reap the fruit of unfailing love,
and break up your unploughed ground;
for it is time to seek the  Lord,
until he comes
and showers his righteousness on you.

Sow for yourselves righteousness;
reap steadfast love;
break up your fallow ground,
for it is the time to seek the  Lord,
that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.

But you have planted wickedness,
you have reaped evil,
you have eaten the fruit of deception.
Because you have depended on your own strength
and on your many warriors,

You have plowed iniquity;
you have reaped injustice;
you have eaten the fruit of lies.
Because you have trusted in your own way
and in the multitude of your warriors,

‘The days are coming,’ declares the  Lord,

‘when the reaper will be overtaken by the ploughman
and the planter by the one treading grapes.
New wine will drip from the mountains
and flow from all the hills,

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the  Lord,
“when the plowman shall overtake the reaper
and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed;
the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
and all the hills shall flow with it.

You descendants of Jacob, should it be said,
‘Does the  Lord become impatient?
Does he do such things?’
‘Do not my words do good
to the one whose ways are upright?

Should this be said, O house of Jacob?
Has the  Lord grown impatient?
Are these his deeds?
Do not my words do good
to him who walks uprightly?

You will plant but not harvest;
you will press olives but not use the oil,
you will crush grapes but not drink the wine.

You shall sow, but not reap;
you shall tread olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil;
you shall tread grapes, but not drink wine.

In one month I got rid of the three shepherds.

The flock detested me, and I grew weary of them

In one month I destroyed the three shepherds. But I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

‘Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. “Master,” he said, “I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

‘His master replied, “You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed?

I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.”

‘His master replied, “I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow?

Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.

I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labour.’

I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored and you have entered into their labor.”

If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you?

If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material things from you?

Remember this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap if we do not give up.