6And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
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…
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