Ruth 2:17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. 1. Ruth was a gleaner; and so should we be. The Bible is that field. Search the Scriptures; glean there. Pick up every grain, for it contains precious nourishment. No matter how many gleaners; there is food enough for all. 2. Alas, how many careless ones there are, who never glean at all! They loiter all the day of their life idle. And so, when night comes, they sink into eternity with nothing done. 3. Others, again, begin when Ruth leaves off, at even. All the bright and sunny portion of their lives they give to the world. 4. Ruth began gleaning in the morning. She felt that every hour must be employed; that every moment was precious. She laboured diligently. May we make God's Word our daily study! (Bp. Oxenden.) Parallel Verses KJV: So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. |
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