Ruth 2:22

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Naomi said to Ruth, her daughter-in-law, “It is better, my daughter, that you go out with his young women, otherwise someone might bother you in another field.”

Cross References

Proverbs 27:10

Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent; do not go to the house of your kindred in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is nearby than kindred who are far away.

Song of Solomon 1:8

If you do not know, O fairest among women, follow the tracks of the flock and pasture your kids beside the shepherds’ tents.

Mark 14:66

While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the female servants of the high priest came by.

Ruth 2:21

Then Ruth the Moabite said, “He even said to me, ‘Stay close by my young men until they have finished all my harvest.’ ”

Ruth 2:23

So she stayed close to the young women of Boaz, gleaning until the end of the barley and wheat harvests, and she lived with her mother-in-law.