Ruth 2:7

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. So she came and has continued from early morning until now, except when she rested a little in the house.

Cross References

Proverbs 13:4

The appetite of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the appetite of the diligent is abundantly supplied. [Prov. 10:4.]

Proverbs 15:33

The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord brings instruction in Wisdom, and humility comes before honor.

Proverbs 18:23

The poor man uses entreaties, but the rich answers roughly.

Proverbs 22:29

Do you see a man diligent and skillful in his business? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol (the place of the dead), where you are going.

Matthew 5:3

Blessed (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous–with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the poor in spirit (the humble, who rate themselves insignificant), for theirs is the kingdom of heaven!

Romans 12:11

Never lag in zeal and in earnest endeavor; be aglow and burning with the Spirit, serving the Lord.

Galatians 6:9

And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint.

Ephesians 5:21

Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

Ruth 2:2

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

Ruth 2:21

And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said to me also, Stay close to my young men until they have harvested my entire crop.

Ruth 2:6

And the servant set over the reapers answered, She is the Moabitish girl who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.

Ruth 2:8

Then Boaz said to Ruth, Listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but stay here close by my maidens.