Ruth 3:9

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Boaz said, “Who are you?” She said, “I am Ruth, your servant girl. Spread your cover over me. You are my protector.”

Cross References

Ezekiel 16:8

I looked you over. I saw you were ready for love, so I spread my clothes over you and covered your nakedness. I promised to marry you. I made the agreement with you, and you became mine.’” This is what the Lord GOD said.

Ruth 2:20

Naomi told her daughter-in-law, “The Lord bless him! He has continued showing his kindness to the living as well as the dead.” Then Naomi told her daughter-in-law, “Boaz is one of our relatives. He is one of our protectors.”

Ruth 3:12

And it is true that I am a close relative. But there is a man who is a closer relative to you than I am.

Luke 14:11

Everyone who makes themselves important will be made humble. But everyone who makes themselves humble will be made important.”

1 Samuel 25:41

Abigail bowed her face to the ground. She said, “I am willing to be your slave woman, even if it is only to wash the feet of my master’s servants.”

Ruth 3:8

About midnight, Boaz rolled over in his sleep and woke up. He was very surprised. There was a woman lying near his feet.

Ruth 3:10

Then Boaz said, “May the Lord bless you, young woman. You have been very kind to me. Your kindness to me is greater than the kindness you showed to Naomi in the beginning. You could have looked for a young man to marry, rich or poor. But you did not.

Ruth 4:4

I decided to tell you about this in front of the people living here and in front of the elders of our people. If you want to pay the widow for the land and keep it in the family, then pay her for it. If you don’t want to buy the land, tell me, because I am the next one in the family who has the right to buy it. If you don’t buy the land from her, I will.” Naomi’s closest relative said, “I will buy the land from her.”

Ruth 4:6

The close relative answered, “Then I cannot buy the land. If I do, I might lose my own land. So I cannot do it. You buy the land.”