John 15:17Open English Bible (US)

Ruth 2:8

Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go to glean in another field nor leave this place, but stay here with my girls.

Ruth 2:22

Naomi said to Ruth, “It is best, my daughter, that you should go out with his girls because you might not be as safe in another field.”

Ruth 3:12

Now it is true that I am a near relative, but there is another man nearer than I.

Ruth 3:17

“He gave me these six measures of barley,” she said, “for he said I should not go to my mother-in-law empty-handed.”

Ruth 4:4

and I thought that I would lay the matter before you, suggesting that you buy it in the presence of these men who sit here and of the elders of my people. If you will buy it and so keep it in the possession of the family, do so; but if not; then tell me, so that I may know; for no one but you has the right to buy it, and I am next to you.” “I will buy it,” he said.