19 ^y“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, ^zthat the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. 20 When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over them again. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow. 21 When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not strip it afterward. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow. 22 ^xYou shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this.

2 And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the field and ^vglean among the ears of grain after him ^win whose sight I shall find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.”

7 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.”¹

14 And we urge you, brothers, admonish ^pthe idle,^{1 q}encourage the fainthearted, ^rhelp the weak, ^sbe patient with them all.

7 For you yourselves know ^whow you ought to imitate us, because ^xwe were not idle when we were with you, 8 nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but ^ywith toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you. 9 It was ^znot because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves ^aan example to imitate. 10 For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: ^bIf anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.