Ruth 2:10
2:10 Ruth knelt before him with her forehead to the ground and said to him, “Why are you so kind and so attentive to me, even though I am a foreigner?”
Ruth 1:8
1:8 Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Listen to me! Each of you should return to your mother’s home!
May the
Lord show
you
the same kind of devotion that you have shown to your deceased husbands
and to me!
Ruth 2:13
2:13 She said, “You really are being kind to me,
sir,
for you have reassured
and encouraged
me, your servant,
even though I am
not one of your servants!”
Ruth 3:10
3:10 He said, “May you be rewarded
by the
Lord, my dear!
This act of devotion
is greater than what you did before.
For you have not sought to marry
one of the young men, whether rich or poor.
Ruth 2:20
2:20 Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be rewarded by the
Lord because he
has shown loyalty to the living on behalf of the dead!”
Then Naomi said to her, “This man is a close relative of ours; he is our guardian.”
Ruth 3:2
3:2 Now Boaz, with whose female servants you worked, is our close relative.
Look, tonight he is winnowing barley at the threshing floor.
Ruth 2:12
2:12 May the
Lord reward your efforts!
May your acts of kindness be repaid fully
by the
Lord God of Israel, from whom you have sought protection!”
Ruth 2:11
2:11 Boaz replied to her,
“I have been given a full report of
all that you have done for your mother-in-law following the death of your husband – how you left
your father and your mother, as well as your homeland, and came to live among people you did not know previously.