1Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a prominent man of noble character from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.stylusRuth 4:21, Ruth 4:21, Ruth 3:12, Ruth 3:2, Ruth 3:122And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.stylusLeviticus 23:22, Leviticus 23:22, Leviticus 19:9, Leviticus 19:9, Deuteronomy 24:193So Ruth departed and went out into the field and gleaned after the harvesters. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.stylusLuke 10:31, Matthew 10:29, 2 Thessalonians 3:12, Luke 10:31, Matthew 10:294Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.stylusPsalms 129:7, Psalms 129:8, Psalms 129:7, Psalms 129:8, Judges 6:125And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”stylusRuth 4:21, 1 Chronicles 2:11, 1 Chronicles 2:12, Ruth 4:21, 1 Chronicles 2:116The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.stylusRuth 1:22, Ruth 1:22, Genesis 39:4, Genesis 15:2, Genesis 24:27She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.”stylusProverbs 18:23, Proverbs 13:4, Proverbs 15:33, Proverbs 22:29, Proverbs 18:238Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go and glean in another field, and do not go away from this place, but stay here close to my servant girls.stylus2 Kings 5:13, 2 Kings 5:13, Song of Solomon 1:7, Song of Solomon 1:8, Song of Solomon 1:79Let your eyes be on the field they are harvesting, and follow along after these girls. Indeed, I have ordered the young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”stylus1 John 5:18, 1 John 5:18, Genesis 20:6, Genesis 20:6, 1 Corinthians 7:110At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though I am a foreigner?”stylus1 Samuel 25:23, 1 Samuel 25:23, Ruth 2:13, Ruth 2:13, Luke 1:4811Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.stylusLuke 14:33, Luke 14:33, Luke 18:29, Luke 18:30, Luke 18:2912May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”stylusPsalms 36:7, Psalms 36:7, Psalms 91:4, Psalms 91:4, Psalms 63:713“My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”stylus1 Samuel 1:18, 1 Samuel 1:18, Genesis 33:8, Genesis 34:3, Genesis 33:814At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over.stylusRuth 2:18, Ruth 2:18, Matthew 14:20, Deuteronomy 8:10, 2 Kings 4:4315When Ruth got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, do not insult her.stylusJames 1:5, James 1:516Rather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her.”stylusRomans 12:13, Deuteronomy 24:19, Deuteronomy 24:21, 1 John 3:17, 1 John 3:1817So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. And when she beat out what she had gleaned, it was about an ephah of barley.stylusProverbs 31:27, Ezekiel 45:11, Ezekiel 45:12, Proverbs 31:27, Ezekiel 45:1118She picked up the grain and went into the town, where her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. And she brought out what she had saved from her meal and gave it to Naomi.stylusRuth 2:14, Ruth 2:14, John 6:12, John 6:13, 1 Timothy 5:419Then her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today, and where did you work? Blessed be the man who noticed you.” So she told her mother-in-law where she had worked. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.stylusPsalms 41:1, Ruth 2:10, Psalms 41:1, Ruth 2:10, 1 Kings 7:2120Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our kinsman-redeemers.”stylus2 Samuel 2:5, Ruth 3:9, Ruth 3:10, 2 Samuel 2:5, Ruth 3:921Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also told me, ‘Stay with my young men until they have finished gathering all my harvest.’”stylusRuth 2:7, Ruth 2:8, Song of Solomon 1:7, Song of Solomon 1:8, Ruth 2:2222And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, “My daughter, it is good for you to work with his young women, so that nothing will happen to you in another field.”stylusSong of Solomon 1:8, Song of Solomon 1:8, Proverbs 27:10, Proverbs 27:1023So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.stylusProverbs 6:6, Proverbs 6:8, Proverbs 13:1, Ephesians 6:1, Ephesians 6:3
