Ruth lay down again, but she got up before daylight, because Boaz did not want anyone to know she had been there.
A good reputation at the time of death is better than loving care at the time of birth.
Don't ill-treat someone who has ill-treated you. But try to earn the respect of others,
Don't let your right to eat bring shame to Christ.
Don't cause problems for Jews or Greeks or anyone else who belongs to God's church.
But we want to do what pleases the Lord and what people think is right.
and don't have anything to do with evil.
Always let others see you behaving properly, even though they may still accuse you of doing wrong. Then on the day of judgment, they will honour God by telling the good things they saw you do.
Then he told her to spread out her cape. And he filled it with a lot of grain and placed it on her shoulder. When Ruth got back to town,