Ruth 2:9

New King James Version

Let your eyes be on the field which they reap, and go after them. Have I not commanded the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from what the young men have drawn.”

Cross References

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 withheld you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.

Job 19:21

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

Psalm 105:15

Saying, “Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm.”

Proverbs 6:29

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

Matthew 10:42

And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, assuredly, I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.”

1 Corinthians 7:1

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

1 John 5:18

We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.

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 take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?”

Ruth 2:8

Then Boaz said to Ruth, “You will listen, my daughter, will you not? Do not go to glean in another field, nor go from here, but stay close by my young women.