Ruth 3:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.

Ruth 3:12 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ruth 4:1
Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
1 Thessalonians 4:6
That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
Matthew 7:12
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Topics

Agriculture Corn Threshing

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 6-13)

Here is, I. Boaz’s good management of his common affairs. It is probable, according to the common usage, 1. When his servants winnowed, he was with them, and had his eye upon them, to prevent, not their stealing any of his corn (he had no reason to fear that), but their waste of it through carelessness in the winnowing of it. Masters may sustain great losses by servants that are heedless, though t…