Ruth 2

Treated in 9 passages across the library.

  • 2:3 So she set out, came to a field and gleaned behind the harvesters. As it happened, she came to the part of the field that belonged to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech. 2
  • 2:11 Boaz answered her, "I have heard the whole story of what you have done for your mother-in-law after your husband's death: how you left your father and mother and the land where you were born, and came to a people you had never known before. 2
  • 2:14 When mealtime came, Boaz said to her, "Come over here and help yourself to some bread. Dip your piece in the sour wine." So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he passed her some roasted grain. She ate all she wanted and still had some left over. 2
  • 2:2 Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, "Let me go out to the fields and glean ears of grain behind anyone who will look on me with favor." Naomi answered her, "Go, my daughter." 1
  • 2:10 Ruth fell face down and bowed to the ground. She said to him, "Why have I found such favor with you, that you would take notice of me, when I am a foreigner?" 1
  • 2:12 May the LORD repay you for what you have done. May you receive your full wages from the LORD, the God of Israel, beneath whose wings you have come for refuge." 1
  • 2:15 When she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his young men: "Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not embarrass her. 1
  • 2:17 So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it came to about 20 quarts of barley. 1

Open Word Bible

  1. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Spiritual Gleaning cites Ruth 2:14

    …of love. In our text the gleaner is invited to come: “At meal-time come thou hither.” (Ruth 2:14 ESV) Do not let shame about your clothes, character, poverty, or physical weakness keep…

  2. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Second Stage cites Ruth 2:11

    …be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.” Ruth 2:11,12. Now supper was ended, and preparation was made for bed; the women were laid singly…

  3. Talks to the Farmer (For Teens) · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Gleaning cites Ruth 2:15

    “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her.” — Ruth 2:15 This chapter is for the person who secretly thinks the good stuff of God is for other…

  4. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    March cites Ruth 2:14

    …us into its marrow and fatness! March 19 “And she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.” (Ruth 2:14) Whenever we are privileged to eat of the bread which Jesus gives, we are, like Ruth…

  5. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    August cites Ruth 2:17

    …to the Lord of the harvest. August 2 “So she gleaned in the field until even.” (Ruth 2:17) Let me learn from Ruth, the gleaner. As she went out to gather the ears of corn, so must…

  6. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    August cites Ruth 2:2

    August 1 “Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn.” (Ruth 2:2) Downcast and troubled Christian, come and glean today in the broad field of promise.…

  7. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    October cites Ruth 2:3

    …light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.” (Ruth 2:3) Her hap was. Yes, it seemed nothing but an accident, but how divinely was it overruled!…

  8. The Big Story · Ochorus Originals

    Everyone Did What Was Right in Their Own Eyes cites Ruth 2:3

    …went out to glean, and “she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz” (Ruth 2:3). “Happened” is a wink from the writer. Nothing in this book is an accident. Boaz was a…

  9. Portraits of Courage – Elisabeth Elliot · Ochorus Originals

    Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Ruth 2:10-12

    …lived with her, while Dayuma taught her language to Rachel Saint. Scriptures to revisit Ruth 2:10-12; Hebrews 13:2; Romans 12:20-21. Reflection 1. Who is the stranger at your door? 2. What…