Midrash su Osea 9:1

The following question was sent to Mar Ukba: "Whence do we know that singing [in saloons] is forbidden." Whereupon he wrote the following underscored passage (Hes. 9, 1) Rejoice not, O Israel, unto exultation, like other people. He should have preferred the following passage (Is. 24, 9) Amidst singing shall they no more drink wine; bitter shall be the strong drink of those that drinketh it. If he would have quoted the last passage one might say that it refers only to music by instruments, but singing by mouth is permitted; he therefore quoted the former passage, which includes both. R. Huna b. Nathan said to R. Ashi: "What does the following passage (Josh. 15, 22) And Kinah, and Dimunah, and Ad'addah, mean?" Whereupon he said to him: "He speaks of the marked land of Israel." "What I ask you is the meaning of it?" R. Ashi then quoted R. G'biha of Argizza, who gave reasons for these names: [Kinah] means whoever has a grudge against his neighbor and (dimuna) remains silent; the one who endureth forever Ad'adda, will do justice for him." R. Huna then said to R. Ashi: "If so, then the passage (Ib., ib., 31) And Ziklag and Madmena and Sanssannah, does it also mean something? Whereupon the latter replied: "Had R. G'biha of Argizza been here he would have given some reasons for it; however, R. Acha of Be-Haza'e explained it thus: If one has cause to complain of being hindered [in his livelihood] by his neighbor and keeps his peace, He who dwells in the thorn-hush will take up his cause.'"

“Boaz ate and drank, and his heart was merry, and he went to lie down at the end of the pile of grain; and she came stealthily, uncovered his feet, and lay down” (Ruth 3:7).
“Boaz ate and drank, and his heart was merry.” Why was his heart merry? It is because he recited a blessing on his food. Alternatively, “his heart was merry,” because he ate different sweets after the meal, because it accustoms the tongue to recite Torah. Alternatively, “his heart was merry,” as he engaged in Torah study, as it is stated: “The Torah of your mouth is better for me” (Psalms 119:72). Alternatively, “his heart was merry,” as he was seeking a wife, as it is stated: “One who has found a wife has found goodness” (Proverbs 18:22).
“He went to lie at the end of the pile of grain.” Rabbi Yehuda Nesia raised a question before Rabbi Pineḥas bar Ḥama: Boaz was the greatest man in his generation and you say he [lay down] at the end of the grain pile? He said to him: Because that generation was steeped in licentiousness and they would pay a fee to the prostitutes from the threshing floor; that is what is written: “Do not rejoice, Israel, do not exult like the peoples, [as you have licentiously strayed from your God; you have loved the prostitute’s fee upon every threshing-floor of grain]” (Hosea 9:1). It is not the way of the righteous to do so.²⁰⁷Consequently, Boaz himself guarded his produce so that no one would steal any and use it to pay prostitutes. Moreover, because the righteous distance themselves from robbery, their property is very dear to them.