Ruth 2:10

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

She fell face down, bowed to the ground,  and said to him, ‘Why have I found favour with you, so that you notice me, although I am a foreigner? ’

Cross References

1 Samuel 25:23

When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey and knelt down with her face to the ground and paid homage to David.

Ruth 2:13

‘My lord,’ she said, ‘I have found favour with you, for you have comforted and encouraged your servant, although I am not like one of your female servants.’

Romans 12:10

Love one another deeply as brothers and sisters.  Take the lead in honouring one another.

Luke 1:48

because he has looked with favour on the humble condition of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed,

Luke 1:43

How could this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

2 Samuel 19:28

For my grandfather’s entire family deserves death from my lord the king, but you set your servant among those who eat at your table.  So what further right do I have to keep on making appeals to the king? ’

2 Samuel 9:8

Mephibosheth paid homage and said, ‘What is your servant that you take an interest in a dead dog  like me? ’

Matthew 25:35

‘ “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger and you took me in;

Ruth 2:2

Ruth the Moabitess asked Naomi, ‘Will you let me go into the fields and gather fallen corn  behind someone with whom I find favour? ’ Naomi answered her, ‘Go ahead, my daughter.’

Genesis 18:2

He looked up, and he saw three men standing near him.  When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them, bowed to the ground,

Ruth 2:9

See which field they are harvesting, and follow them. Haven’t I ordered the young men not to touch you? When you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.’

Ruth 2:11

Boaz answered her, ‘Everything you have done for your mother-in-law since your husband’s death has been fully reported to me: how you left your father and mother and your native land, and how you came to a people you didn’t previously know.

Leviticus 19:34

You will regard the foreigner who resides with you as the native-born among you. You are to love him as yourself,  for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt;  I am the Lord your God.

Ruth 2:19

Her mother-in-law said to her, ‘Where did you gather barley today, and where did you work? May the Lord bless the man who noticed you.’ Ruth told her mother-in-law whom she had worked with and said, ‘The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz.’

2 Samuel 7:18

Then King David went in,  sat in the Lord’s presence, and said, Who am I, Lord God, and what is my house that you have brought me this far?