Ruth 2:7

A Conservative Version

And she said, Let me glean, I pray you, and gather behind the reapers among the sheaves. So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she tarried a little in the house.

Cross References

Proverbs 22:29

See thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.

Proverbs 18:23

A poor man uses entreaties, but a rich man answers roughly.

Proverbs 15:33

The fear of LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and before honor [is] humility.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Ephesians 5:21

submitting yourselves to each other in the fear of Christ.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever thy hand finds to do, do with thy might, for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where thou go.

Galatians 6:9

And let us not be weary doing good, for in our own time we will reap, not desponding.

Romans 12:11

not lazy in diligence, being fervent in the Spirit serving the Lord,

Matthew 5:3

Blessed are the poor in spirit, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.

Ruth 2:2

And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor. And she said to her, Go, my daughter.

Ruth 2:6

And the servant who was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabite damsel who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab.

Ruth 2:8

Then Boaz said to Ruth, Do thou not hear, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither pass from here, but abide here close by my maidens.

Ruth 2:21

And Ruth the Moabitess said, Yes, he said to me, Thou shall keep close by my young men until they have ended all my harvest.