Ruth 3:6

She went down to the threshing floor, and did everything that her mother-in-law told her.

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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

5She said to her, “All that you say, I will do.”

7When Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. She came softly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

Proverbs 1:8My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching;

John 15:14You are my friends if you do whatever 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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