Ruth 2:3

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

So Ruth left and entered the field to gather corn behind the harvesters. She happened  to be in the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from Elimelech’s family.

Cross References

2 Thessalonians 3:12

Now we command and exhort such people by the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and provide for themselves.

Luke 10:31

A priest happened to be going down that road. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

Matthew 10:29

Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny?   Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s   consent.

2 Kings 8:5

While he was telling the king how Elisha restored the dead son to life, the woman whose son he had restored to life came to appeal to the king for her house and field. So Gehazi said, ‘My lord the king, this is the woman and this is the son Elisha restored to life.’

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.’

Ruth 2:4

Later, when Boaz arrived from Bethlehem, he said to the harvesters, ‘The Lord be with you.’ ‘The Lord bless you,’  they replied.

2 Samuel 1:6

‘I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,’  he replied, ‘and there was Saul, leaning on his spear. At that very moment the chariots and the cavalry were closing in on him.

2 Samuel 20:1

Now a wicked man, a Benjaminite named Sheba son of Bichri, happened to be there. He blew the ram’s horn and shouted: We have no portion in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Each man to his tent,  Israel!