Verse 3

So Ruth went and gathered grain in the fields behind the harvesters. Now she just happened to end up in the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Thess 3:12 : 12 Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.
• 2 Kgs 8:5 : 5 While Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life, the woman whose son he had brought back to life came to ask the king for her house and field. Gehazi said,“My master, O king, this is the very woman and this is her son whom Elisha brought back to life!”
• Esth 6:1-2 : 1 The Turning Point: The King Honors Mordecai Throughout that night the king was unable to sleep, so he asked for the book containing the historical records to be brought. As the records were being read in the king’s presence, 2 it was found written that Mordecai had disclosed that Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, had plotted to assassinate King Ahasuerus.
• Matt 10:29 : 29 Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.
• Luke 10:31 : 31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road, but when he saw the injured man he passed by on the other side.
• 1 Thess 4:11-12 : 11 to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you. 12 In this way you will live a decent life before outsiders and not be in need.