The Book of Ruth.. Verse by Verse

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Ruth 2:4 (KJV) And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.

 

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Ruth 2:5
Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?

 

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Ruth 2:6 (KJV) And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:

 

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Ruth 2:7 (KJV) And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.

 

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Ruth 2:8 (KJV) Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:

 

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Ruth 2:9

Let your eyes be on the filed which they reap, and go after them. Have I not commanded the 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.

 

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Ruth 2:10 (KJV) Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

 

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[bible]Ruth 2:11[/bible]

 

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Ruth 2:12 (KJV) The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.

 

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Ruth 2:13 (KJV) Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.

 

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[bible]Ruth 2:14[/bible]

 

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[BIBLE]Ruth 2:15[/BIBLE]

 

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Ruth 2:16

Also let some grain from the bundles fall purposely for her, leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke her.

 

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[bible]Ruth 2:17[/bible]

 

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Ruth 2:18 (KJV) And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.

 

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Ruth 2:19 (KJV) And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.

 

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Ruth 2:20

Then Naomi said to her dauther-in-law, "Blessed be he of the Lord, who has not forsaken His kindness to the living and the dead! And Naomi said to her, "The man is a relative of ours, one of our near kinsmen."

 

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Ruth 2:21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, Truly, he said to me, Keep near my young men till all my grain is cut.

 

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[bible]Ruth 2:22[/bible]

 

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Ruth 2:23 (KJV) So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.