Ruth 2:7

Good News Translation

She asked me to let her follow the workers and gather grain. She has been working since early morning and has just now stopped to rest for a while under the shelter.”

Cross References

Proverbs 13:4

No matter how much a lazy person may want something, he will never get it. A hard worker will get everything he wants.

Proverbs 15:33

Reverence for the Lord is an education in itself. You must be humble before you can ever receive honors.

Proverbs 18:23

When the poor speak, they have to be polite, but when the rich answer, they are rude.

Proverbs 22:29

Show me someone who does a good job, and I will show you someone who is better than most and worthy of the company of kings.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Work hard at whatever you do, because there will be no action, no thought, no knowledge, no wisdom in the world of the dead—and that is where you are going.

Matthew 5:3

“Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor; the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them!

Romans 12:11

Work hard and do not be lazy. Serve the Lord with a heart full of devotion.

Galatians 6:9

So let us not become tired of doing good; for if we do not give up, the time will come when we will reap the harvest.

Ephesians 5:21

Submit yourselves to one another because of your reverence for Christ.

Ruth 2:2

One day Ruth said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields to gather the grain that the harvest workers leave. I am sure to find someone who will let me work with him.” Naomi answered, “Go ahead, daughter.”

Ruth 2:21

Then Ruth said, “Best of all, he told me to keep gathering grain with his workers until they finish the harvest.”

Ruth 2:6

The man answered, “She is the foreigner who came back from Moab with Naomi.

Ruth 2:8

Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Let me give you some advice. Don't gather grain anywhere except in this field. Work with the women here;