Deuteronomy 24:17-21

¹⁷Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.

¹⁸Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

¹⁹If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

²⁰When 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.

²¹When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.

— Deuteronomy 24:17-21

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Cross References for Deuteronomy 24:17-21

• Leviticus 23:22
• Leviticus 19:9-10
• Deuteronomy 14:29
• Proverbs 19:17
• Luke 14:13-14
• Isaiah 58:7-11
• Psalm 41:1-3
• Isaiah 32:8
• Deuteronomy 5:15
• Proverbs 11:24-25

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