Is the cutting of the corn in harvest
  Job 24:6; Leviticus 23:10  
 The sickle used for
  Deuteronomy 16:9; Mark 4:29  
 Both men and women engaged in
  Ruth 2:8,9  
 THE JEWS NOT TO REAP   The corners of their fields
  Leviticus 19:9; 23:22   
 During the Sabbatical year
  Leviticus 25:5   
 During the year of jubilee
  Leviticus 25:11   
 The fields of others
  Deuteronomy 23:25   
 Mode of gathering the corn for, alluded to
  Psalm 129:7; Isaiah 17:5  
 Corn after, was bound up into sheaves
  Genesis 37:7; Psalm 129:7  
 PERSONS ENGAGED IN   Under the guidance of a steward
  Ruth 2:5,6   
 Visited by the master
  Ruth 2:4; 2 Kings 4:18   
 Fed by the master who himself presided at their meals
  Ruth 2:14   
 Received wages
  John 4:36; James 5:4   
 A time of great rejoicing
  Psalm 126:5,6  
 The Jews often hindered from, on account of their sins
  Micah 6:15  
 Often unprofitable on account of sin
  Jeremiah 12:13  
 ILLUSTRATIVE OF   Receiving the reward of wickedness
  Job 4:8; Proverbs 22:8; Hosea 8:7; Galatians 6:8   
 Receiving the reward of righteousness
  Hosea 10:12; Galatians 6:8,9   
 Ministers receiving temporal provision for spiritual Labours
  1 Corinthians 9:11   
 Gathering in souls to God
  John 4:38   
 The judgments of God on the antichristian world
  Revelation 14:14-16   
 The final judgment
  Matthew 13:30,39-43