Ruth 2:9

Ruth 2:9 [Let] thine eyes [be] on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of [that] which the young men have drawn.

Ver. 9. Go thou after them.] Mercy is not miserly: charity is no churl. Love is full of good works. This age aboundeth with mouth mercy, Jam 3:15-16 but a little handful were better than a great many such mouthfuls.

That they should not touch thee.] With a wanton touch, as young men are apt to do, or otherwise wrong thee. Let masters of families make Nebuchadnezzar's law, that nothing be said or done, by those under their charge, against the God of heaven.

Drink of that which the young men have drawn.] Not without hard labour in those hot and high countries: the courtesy, therefore, was the greater.