Ruth 2:10

New American Bible - revised edition

Casting herself prostrate upon the ground, she said to him, “Why should I, a foreigner, be favored with your attention?”

Cross References

Genesis 18:2

Looking up, he saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to greet them; and bowing to the ground,

2 Samuel 19:28

But he slandered your servant before my lord the king. But my lord the king is like an angel of God. Do whatever seems good to you.

2 Samuel 7:18

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

2 Samuel 9:8

Bowing low, he answered, “What am I, your servant, that you should pay attention to a dead dog like me?”

Leviticus 19:34

You shall treat the alien who resides with you no differently than the natives born among you; you shall love the alien as yourself; for you too were once aliens in the land of Egypt. I, the Lord, am your God.

Matthew 25:35

For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me,

Luke 1:43

And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

Luke 1:48

For he has looked upon his handmaid’s lowliness; behold, from now on will all ages call me blessed.

Romans 12:10

love one another with mutual affection; anticipate one another in showing honor.

Ruth 2:11

Boaz answered her: “I have had a complete account of what you have done for your mother-in-law after your husband’s death; you have left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and have come to a people whom previously you did not know.

Ruth 2:13

She said, “May I prove worthy of your favor, my lord. You have comforted me. You have spoken to the heart of your servant—and I am not even one of your servants!”

Ruth 2:19

So her mother-in-law said to her, “Where did you glean today? Where did you go to work? May the one who took notice of you be blessed!” Then she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked. “The man at whose place I worked today is named Boaz,” she said.

Ruth 2:2

Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “I would like to go and glean grain in the field of anyone who will allow me.” Naomi said to her, “Go ahead, my daughter.”

Ruth 2:9

Watch to see which field is to be harvested, and follow them. Have I not commanded the young men to do you no harm? When you are thirsty, go and drink from the vessels the young people have filled.”

1 Samuel 25:23

As soon as Abigail saw David, she dismounted quickly from the donkey and, falling down, bowed low to the ground before David in homage.