Ruth 2:9

Tree of Life Version

Keep your eyes on the field that they are harvesting, and follow after them. I strongly ordered the young men not to touch you. When you are thirsty, you can go to the jars and drink from the water the young men have drawn.”

Cross References

1 John 5:18

We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; rather, the One born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot touch him.

Genesis 20:6

Then God said to him in a dream, “Yes, I myself knew that you did this with integrity of your heart, so I, yes I Myself prevented you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not allow you to 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 to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, amen I tell you, he shall never lose his reward.”

Proverbs 6:29

So is he who goes to another man’s wife. No one who touches her will go unpunished.

Psalm 105:15

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

Job 19:21

“Have pity on me my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

Ruth 2:8

Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen to me, my daughter. Do not go to glean in another field or even pass on from here, but stay close to my female workers.

Ruth 2:10

Then she fell upon her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your eyes that you have noticed me, even though I am a foreigner?”