Ruth 2

Treated in 6 passages across the library.

The verses these writers stop at

  • 2:14 And at meal-time Boaz said unto her, Come hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers, and they reached her parched grain, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left thereof. 2
  • 2:2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. 1
  • 2:3 And she went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on the portion of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech. 1
  • 2:11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been showed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law since the death of thy husband; and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people that thou knewest not heretofore. 1
  • 2:17 So she gleaned in the field until even; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley. 1

American Standard Version

Where it is preached

  1. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Spiritual Gleaning cites Ruth 2:14

    …st 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 y…

  2. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Second Stage cites Ruth 2:11

    …eward 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 al…

  3. 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, sat…

  4. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    August cites Ruth 2:17

    …-offering 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…

  5. 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. Her…

  6. 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! …