14And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.
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Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-18)We are here told, I. How Ruth was dismissed by Boaz. It would not have been safe for her to go home in the dead of the night; therefore she lay at his feet (not by his side) until morning . But as soon as ever the day broke, that she had light to go home by, she got away, before one could know another , that, if she were seen, yet she might not be known to be abroad so unseasonably. She was not sh…
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