Leviticus 19:9 (KJV)

Passage

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 19:7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.

Leviticus 19:8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

Leviticus 19:9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.

Leviticus 19:10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 19:11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "reap", "harvest", "land", "thou", "shalt", "wholly", and "corners". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "reap" and "harvest", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Therefore every one that eateth it shall..." into verse 10's "And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard...", so "reap" and "harvest" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "reap" and "harvest" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.