14 And she lay at his feet until the morning; and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the threshing-floor.
for we provide for things honest, not only before [the] Lord, but also before men.
A [good] name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
recompensing to no one evil for evil: providing things honest before all men:
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Commentary on Ruth 3 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 3
We found it very easy, in the former chapter, to applaud the decency of Ruth's behaviour, and to show what good use we may make of the account given us of it; but in this chapter we shall have much ado to vindicate it from the imputation of indecency, and to save it from having an ill use made of it; but the goodness of those times was such as saved what is recorded here from being ill done, and yet the badness of these times is such as that it will not justify any now in doing the like. Here is,
Rth 3:1-5
Here is,
Rth 3:6-13
Here is,
Rth 3:14-18
We are here told,