Ruth 2:9

Modern English Version

Keep your eyes on the field in which they reap and follow after them. I have commanded the men not to touch you. When you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from what the young men have drawn.”

Cross References

1 John 5:18

We know that whoever is born of God does not keep on sinning. But whoever has been born of God guards himself, and the wicked one cannot touch him.

Genesis 20:6

And God said to him in a dream, “Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart, for I also kept you from sinning against Me. Therefore, I did not let you touch her.

1 Corinthians 7:1

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: “It is good for a man not to touch a woman.”

Matthew 10:42

And whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, truly I tell you, he shall in no way lose his reward.”

Proverbs 6:29

So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife; whoever touches her will not be innocent.

Psalm 105:15

saying, “Touch not My anointed ones, and do My prophets no harm!”

Job 19:21

“Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has struck me!

Ruth 2:8

Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go to glean in another field and leave this one. Stay close to my young women.

Ruth 2:10

So she fell on her face, bowed down to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should acknowledge me, a foreigner?”