Ruth 2:13

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Summary

Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.

Let me find

Friendly

Genesis 34:3

Judges 19:3

Not like

1 Samuel 25:41

Proverbs 15:33

Philippians 2:3

Bible References

Let me find

And he said, “What do you mean by all this company which I have met?” And he said, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.”

and may

God Almighty grant you compassion in the sight of the man, so that he will release to you your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”

She said, “Let your maidservant find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.

So the king said to Ziba, “Behold, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours.” And Ziba said, “I prostrate myself; let me find favor in your sight, O my lord, the king!”

Friendly

He was deeply attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke tenderly to her.

Then her husband arose and went after her to speak tenderly to her in order to bring her back, taking with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. So she brought him into her father’s house, and when the girl’s father saw him, he was glad to meet him.

Not like

She arose and bowed with her face to the ground and said, “Behold, your maidservant is a maid to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”

The fear of the Lord is the instruction for wisdom,
And before honor comes humility.

Do nothing from

selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;