3And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
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And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; …
And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)Naomi had now gained a settlement in Bethlehem among her old friends; and here we have an account, I. Of her rich kinsman, Boaz, a mighty man of wealth , Ruth 2:1. The Chaldee reads it, mighty in the law . If he was both, it was a most rare and excellent conjunction, to be mighty in wealth and mighty in the scriptures too; those that are so are mighty indeed. He was grandson of Nahshon, who was pr…
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