Then Boaz said to Ruth, "Listen, my daughter. Don't go to glean in another field, and don't go from here, but stay here close to my maidens.

Ruth said, "Don't entreat me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God;

She said to them, "Don't call me Naomi. Call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

When she had risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, "Let her glean even among the sheaves, and don't reproach her.

Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and don't rebuke her."

Therefore wash yourself, anoint yourself, get dressed, and go down to the threshing floor, but don't make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.

Now, my daughter, don't be afraid; I will do to you all that you say; for all the city of my people does know that you are a worthy woman.

She said, "He gave me these six [measures] of barley; for he said, 'Don't go empty to your mother-in-law.'"