Ruth 3:6

So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her to do.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.

In Context

5“I will do everything you say,” Ruth answered.

7After Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then Ruth went in secretly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Proverbs 1:8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.

Matthew Henry on Ruth 3:2-6

Ruth's Visit to Boaz. ( b. c. 1312.) 1 Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? 2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor. 3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. 4 And it shall be, when he lieth down,… Read the whole commentary →

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