Cross references

Ruth 2:9

Let your eyes be on the field they are harvesting, and follow along after these girls. Indeed, I have ordered the young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”

Ruth 2:9 BSB

Ruth 2:9 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 John 5:18 (6 votes) and Genesis 20:6 (5 votes). 1 other verse point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Genesis 20 to 1 John 5.

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Which verses does Ruth 2:9 point to?

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  1. We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.

  2. Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

  3. “Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”

  4. So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

  5. And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”

  6. Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.

  7. “Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink. After she had given him a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink.” …

  8. Job 19:213 votes

    Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

  9. When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) …

Which verses point to Ruth 2:9?

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