Ruth 1 - 14
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In the days a when the judges ruled there was b a famine in the land, and a man of c Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.
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The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were d Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there.
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But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons.
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These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years,
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and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.
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Then she arose with her daughters-in-law to return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the fields of Moab that e the Lord had visited his people and f given them food.
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So she set out from the place where she was with her two daughters-in-law, and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.
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But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go, return each of you to her mother's house. May the Lord g deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with h the dead and with me.
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The Lord grant that you may find i rest, each of you in the house of her husband!" Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.
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And they said to her, "No, we will return with you to your people."
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But Naomi said, "Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb j that they may become your husbands?
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Turn back, my daughters; go your way, for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, even if I should have a husband this night and should bear sons,
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would you therefore wait till they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters, for it is exceedingly bitter to me for your sake that k the hand of the Lord has gone out against me."
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Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.
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And she said, "See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to l her gods; return after your sister-in-law."
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But Ruth said, "Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. m Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.
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Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. n May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you."
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o And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more.
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So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. And when they came to Bethlehem, p the whole town was stirred because of them. And the women said, "Is this Naomi?"
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She said to them, "Do not call me Naomi; call me q Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
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r I went away full, and the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi, when the Lord has testified against me and the Almighty has brought calamity upon me?"
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So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabite her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem s at the beginning of barley harvest.
Ruth 2
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Now Naomi had t a relative of her husband's, a worthy man of the clan of Elimelech, whose name was u Boaz.
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And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, "Let me go to the field and v glean among the ears of grain after him w in whose sight I shall find favor." And she said to her, "Go, my daughter."
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So she set out and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the clan of Elimelech.
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And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem. And he said to the reapers, x "The Lord be with you!" And they answered, "The Lord bless you."
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Then Boaz said to his young man who was in charge of the reapers, "Whose young woman is this?"
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And the servant who was in charge of the reapers answered, "She is the young Moabite woman, y who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.
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She said, 'Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers.' So she came, and she has continued from early morning until now, except for a short rest."
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Then Boaz said to Ruth, "Now, listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but keep close to my young women.
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Let your eyes be on the field that they are reaping, and go after them. Have I not charged the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink what the young men have drawn."
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Then z she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should a take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?"
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But Boaz answered her, b "All that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband has been fully told to me, and how you left your father and mother and your native land and came to a people that you did not know before.
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c The Lord repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!"
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Then she said, d "I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, for you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not one of your servants."
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And at mealtime Boaz said to her, "Come here and eat some bread and dip your morsel in the wine." So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed to her roasted grain. And she ate until e she was satisfied, and she had some left over.
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When she rose to glean, Boaz instructed his young men, saying, "Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her.
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And also pull out some from the bundles for her and leave it for her to glean, and do not rebuke her."
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So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
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And she took it up and went into the city. Her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She also brought out and gave her what food she had left over f after being satisfied.
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And her mother-in-law said to her, "Where did you glean today? And where have you worked? Blessed be the man g who took notice of you." So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said, "The man's name with whom I worked today is Boaz."
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And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, h "May he be blessed by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken i the living or the dead!" Naomi also said to her, "The man is a close relative of ours, one of j our redeemers."
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And Ruth the Moabite said, "Besides, he said to me, 'You shall keep close by my young men until they have finished all my harvest.'"
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And Naomi said to Ruth, her daughter-in-law, "It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his young women, lest in another field you be assaulted."
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So she kept close to the young women of Boaz, gleaning until the end of the barley and wheat harvests. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
Ruth 3
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Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, should I not seek k rest for you, that it may be well with you?
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Is not Boaz l our relative, m with whose young women you were? See, he is winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor.
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n Wash therefore and anoint yourself, and put on your cloak and go down to the threshing floor, but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.
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But when he lies down, observe the place where he lies. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down, and he will tell you what to do."
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And she replied, "All that you say I will do."
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So she went down to the threshing floor and did just as her mother-in-law had commanded her.
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And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and o his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then she came softly and uncovered his feet and lay down.
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At midnight the man was startled and turned over, and behold, a woman lay at his feet!
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He said, "Who are you?" And she answered, "I am Ruth, your servant. p Spread your wings over your servant, for you are q a redeemer."
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And he said, r "May you be blessed by the Lord, my daughter. You have made this last kindness greater than s the first in that you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich.
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And now, my daughter, do not fear. I will do for you all that you ask, for all my fellow townsmen know that you are t a worthy woman.
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And now it is true that I am u a redeemer. Yet there is a redeemer nearer than I.
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Remain tonight, and in the morning, if he will v redeem you, good; let him do it. But if he is not willing to redeem you, then, w as the Lord lives, I will redeem you. Lie down until the morning."
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So she lay at his feet until the morning, but arose before one could recognize another. And he said, "Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor."
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And he said, "Bring the garment you are wearing and hold it out." So she held it, and he measured out six measures of barley and put it on her. Then she went into the city.
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And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, "How did you fare, my daughter?" Then she told her all that the man had done for her,
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saying, "These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said to me, 'You must not go back empty-handed to your mother-in-law.'"
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She replied, "Wait, my daughter, until you learn how the matter turns out, for the man will not rest but will settle the matter today."
Ruth 4
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Now Boaz had gone up to x the gate and sat down there. And behold, y the redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, "Turn aside, friend; sit down here." And he turned aside and sat down.
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And he took ten men z of the elders of the city and said, "Sit down here." So they sat down.
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Then he said to the redeemer, "Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land that belonged to our relative Elimelech.
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So I thought I would tell you of it and say, a 'Buy it in the presence of those sitting here and in the presence of the elders of my people.' If you will redeem it, redeem it. But if you will not, tell me, that I may know, for there is no one besides you to redeem it, and I come after you." And he said, "I will redeem it."
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Then Boaz said, "The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the widow of the dead, in order b to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance."
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c Then the redeemer said, "I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I impair my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption yourself, for I cannot redeem it."
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d Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging: to confirm a transaction, the one drew off his sandal and gave it to the other, and this was the manner of attesting in Israel.
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So when the redeemer said to Boaz, "Buy it for yourself," he drew off his sandal.
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Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, "You are witnesses this day that I have bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to e Chilion and to Mahlon.
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Also Ruth the Moabite, the widow of Mahlon, I have bought to be my wife, f to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his native place. You are witnesses this day."
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Then all the people who were g at the gate and the elders said, "We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, h who together i built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in j Ephrathah and k be renowned in Bethlehem,
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and may your house be like the house of Perez, l whom Tamar bore to Judah, because m of the offspring that the Lord will give you by this young woman."
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So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in to her, n and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son.
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o Then the women said to Naomi, "Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without p a redeemer, and may his name q be renowned in Israel!
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He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you, r who is more to you than seven sons, has given birth to him."
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Then Naomi took the child and laid him on her lap and became his nurse.
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s And the women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, "A son has been born to Naomi." They named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.
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Now these are the generations of Perez: t Perez fathered Hezron,
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Hezron fathered Ram, Ram fathered Amminadab,
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u Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon,
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Salmon fathered Boaz, Boaz fathered Obed,
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Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.
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Judges 2:16
Then the Lord raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them.
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Genesis 12:10
Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.
Genesis 26:1
Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines.
Genesis 43:1
Now the famine was severe in the land.
2 Kings 8:1
Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, "Arise, and depart with your household, and sojourn wherever you can, for the Lord has called for a famine, and it will come upon the land for seven years.
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Judges 17:7
Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
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Genesis 35:19
So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
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Exodus 3:16
Go and gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, 'The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, "I have observed you and what has been done to you in Egypt.
Exodus 4:31
And the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord had visited the people of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshiped.
Luke 1:68
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people
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Psalms 132:15
I will abundantly bless her provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.
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Joshua 2:12
Now then, please swear to me by the Lord that, as I have dealt kindly with you, you also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a sure sign
Joshua 2:14
And the men said to her, "Our life for yours even to death! If you do not tell this business of ours, then when the Lord gives us the land we will deal kindly and faithfully with you.
Judges 1:24
And the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, "Please show us the way into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.
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Ruth 1:5
And both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.
Ruth 2:20
And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "May he be blessed by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!" Naomi also said to her, "The man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeemers.
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Ruth 3:1
Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, should I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?
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Genesis 38:11
Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow in your father's house, till Shelah my son grows up" - for he feared that he would die, like his brothers. So Tamar went and remained in her father's house.
Deuteronomy 25:5
If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her husband's brother shall go in to her and take her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
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Judges 2:15
Whenever they marched out, the hand of the Lord was against them for harm, as the Lord had warned, and as the Lord had sworn to them. And they were in terrible distress.
Job 19:21
Have mercy on me, have mercy on me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me!
Psalms 32:4
For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah
Psalms 38:2
For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me.
Psalms 39:10
Remove your stroke from me; I am spent by the hostility of your hand.
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Judges 11:24
Will you not possess what Chemosh your god gives you to possess? And all that the Lord our God has dispossessed before us, we will possess.
1 Kings 11:7
Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain east of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 48:7
For, because you trusted in your works and your treasures, you also shall be taken; and Chemosh shall go into exile with his priests and his officials.
Jeremiah 48:13
Then Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.
Jeremiah 48:46
Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh are undone, for your sons have been taken captive, and your daughters into captivity.
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Ruth 2:11 - 12
But Boaz answered her, "All that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband has been fully told to me, and how you left your father and mother and your native land and came to a people that you did not know before.
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1 Samuel 3:17
And Eli said, "What was it that he told you? Do not hide it from me. May God do so to you and more also if you hide anything from me of all that he told you.
1 Samuel 25:22
God do so to the enemies of David and more also, if by morning I leave so much as one male of all who belong to him.
2 Samuel 19:13
And say to Amasa, 'Are you not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me and more also, if you are not commander of my army from now on in place of Joab.'
1 Kings 2:23
Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, "God do so to me and more also if this word does not cost Adonijah his life!
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Acts 21:14
And since he would not be persuaded, we ceased and said, "Let the will of the Lord be done.
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Matthew 21:10
And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?
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Exodus 15:23
When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah.
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Job 1:21
And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
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2 Samuel 21:9
And he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the mountain before the Lord, and the seven of them perished together. They were put to death in the first days of harvest, at the beginning of barley harvest.
Ruth 2:23
So she kept close to the young women of Boaz, gleaning until the end of the barley and wheat harvests. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
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Ruth 3:2
Is not Boaz our relative, with whose young women you were? See, he is winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor.
Ruth 3:12
And now it is true that I am a redeemer. Yet there is a redeemer nearer than I.
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Ruth 4:21
Salmon fathered Boaz, Boaz fathered Obed.
Matthew 1:5
And Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse.
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Deuteronomy 24:19
When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
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Ruth 2:10
Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?
Ruth 2:13
Then she said, "I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, for you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not one of your servants.
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Psalms 129:7 - 8
With which the reaper does not fill his hand nor the binder of sheaves his arms.
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Ruth 1:22
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabite her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.
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1 Samuel 25:23
When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got down from the donkey and fell before David on her face and bowed to the ground.
1 Samuel 25:41
And she rose and bowed with her face to the ground and said, "Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
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Ruth 2:19
And her mother-in-law said to her, "Where did you glean today? And where have you worked? Blessed be the man who took notice of you." So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said, "The man's name with whom I worked today is Boaz.
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Ruth 1:14
Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.
Ruth 1:16 - 17
But Ruth said, "Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following 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.
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1 Samuel 24:19
For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away safe? So may the Lord reward you with good for what you have done to me this day.
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Ruth 2:2
And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, "Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor." And she said to her, "Go, my daughter.
Ruth 2:10
Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?
Genesis 33:15
So Esau said, "Let me leave with you some of the people who are with me." But he said, "What need is there? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.
1 Samuel 1:18
And she said, "Let your servant find favor in your eyes." Then the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.
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Ruth 2:18
And she took it up and went into the city. Her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She also brought out and gave her what food she had left over after being satisfied.
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Ruth 2:14
And at mealtime Boaz said to her, "Come here and eat some bread and dip your morsel in the wine." So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed to her roasted grain. And she ate until she was satisfied, and she had some left over.
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Ruth 2:10
Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?
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Ruth 3:10
And he said, "May you be blessed by the Lord, my daughter. You have made this last kindness greater than the first in that you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich.
Judges 17:2
And he said to his mother, "The 1,100 pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it." And his mother said, "Blessed be my son by the Lord.
1 Samuel 15:13
And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, "Blessed be you to the Lord. I have performed the commandment of the Lord.
1 Samuel 23:21
And Saul said, "May you be blessed by the Lord, for you have had compassion on me.
2 Samuel 2:5
David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, "May you be blessed by the Lord, because you showed this loyalty to Saul your lord and buried him.
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Ruth 1:8
But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go, return each of you to her mother's house. May the Lord deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.
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Ruth 3:9
He said, "Who are you?" And she answered, "I am Ruth, your servant. Spread your wings over your servant, for you are a redeemer.
Ruth 4:14
Then the women said to Naomi, "Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without a redeemer, and may his name be renowned in Israel!
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Ruth 1:9
The Lord grant that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband!" Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.
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Ruth 2:1
Now Naomi had a relative of her husband's, a worthy man of the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.
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Ruth 2:8
Then Boaz said to Ruth, "Now, listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but keep close to my young women.
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2 Samuel 12:20
Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothes. And he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. He then went to his own house. And when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate.
2 Samuel 14:2
And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman and said to her, "Pretend to be a mourner and put on mourning garments. Do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.
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Judges 19:6
So the two of them sat and ate and drank together. And the girl's father said to the man, "Be pleased to spend the night, and let your heart be merry.
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Ezekiel 16:8
When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love, and I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; I made my vow to you and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord God, and you became mine.
Deuteronomy 22:30
A man shall not take his father's wife, so that he does not uncover his father's nakedness.
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Ruth 2:20
And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "May he be blessed by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!" Naomi also said to her, "The man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeemers.
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Ruth 2:20
And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "May he be blessed by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!" Naomi also said to her, "The man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeemers.
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Ruth 1:8
But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go, return each of you to her mother's house. May the Lord deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.
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Proverbs 12:4
An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 31:10
An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.
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Ruth 4:1
Now Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, "Turn aside, friend; sit down here." And he turned aside and sat down.
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Ruth 4:5
Then Boaz said, "The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the widow of the dead, in order to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance.
Deuteronomy 25:5
If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her husband's brother shall go in to her and take her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
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Judges 8:19
And he said, "They were my brothers, the sons o...
1 Samuel 14:39
For as the Lord lives who saves Israel, though ...
2 Samuel 4:9
But David answered Rechab and Baanah his brothe...
2 Samuel 12:5
Then David's anger was greatly kindled against ...
2 Kings 2:2
And Elijah said to Elisha, "Please stay here, f...
2 Kings 2:6
Then Elijah said to him, "Please stay here, for...
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2 Samuel 15:2
And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside...
2 Samuel 18:4
The king said to them, "Whatever seems best to ...
2 Samuel 18:24
Now David was sitting between the two gates, an...
2 Samuel 18:33
And the king was deeply moved and went up to th...
2 Samuel 19:8
Then the king arose and took his seat in the ga...
Psalms 127:5
Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with th...
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Ruth 2:20
And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "May he be blessed by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!" Naomi also said to her, "The man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeemers.
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1 Kings 21:8
So she wrote letters in Ahab's name and sealed them with his seal, and she sent the letters to the elders and the leaders who lived with Naboth in his city.
Proverbs 31:23
Her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land.
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Leviticus 25:25
If your brother becomes poor and sells part of his property, then his nearest redeemer shall come and redeem what his brother has sold.
Jeremiah 32:7 - 8
Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you and say, 'Buy my field that is at Anathoth, for the right of redemption by purchase is yours.
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Ruth 4:10
Also Ruth the Moabite, the widow of Mahlon, I have bought to be my wife, to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his native place. You are witnesses this day.
Ruth 3:13
Remain tonight, and in the morning, if he will redeem you, good; let him do it. But if he is not willing to redeem you, then, as the Lord lives, I will redeem you. Lie down until the morning.
Deuteronomy 25:5 - 6
If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her husband's brother shall go in to her and take her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
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Ruth 3:12 - 13
And now it is true that I am a redeemer. Yet there is a redeemer nearer than I.
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Deuteronomy 25:7 - 10
And if the man does not wish to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate to the elders and say, 'My husband's brother refuses to perpetuate his brother's name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother to me.
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Ruth 1:2
The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there.
Ruth 1:4 - 5
These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years.
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Ruth 4:5
Then Boaz said, "The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the widow of the dead, in order to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance.
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Ruth 4:1
Now Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, "Turn aside, friend; sit down here." And he turned aside and sat down.
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Genesis 29:31 - 30:24
When the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
Genesis 35:16 - 18
Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor.
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Deuteronomy 25:9
Then his brother's wife shall go up to him in the presence of the elders and pull his sandal off his foot and spit in his face. And she shall answer and say, 'So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother's house.
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Genesis 35:16
Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor.
Genesis 35:19
So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
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Ruth 4:14
Then the women said to Naomi, "Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without a redeemer, and may his name be renowned in Israel!
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Genesis 38:29
But as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out. And she said, "What a breach you have made for yourself!" Therefore his name was called Perez.
1 Chronicles 2:4
His daughter-in-law Tamar also bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
Matthew 1:3
And Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
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1 Samuel 2:20
Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, "May the Lord give you children by this woman for the petition she asked of the Lord." So then they would return to their home.
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Genesis 29:31
When the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
Genesis 33:5
And when Esau lifted up his eyes and saw the women and children, he said, "Who are these with you?" Jacob said, "The children whom God has graciously given your servant.
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Luke 1:58
And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.
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Ruth 2:20
And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "May he be blessed by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!" Naomi also said to her, "The man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeemers.
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Ruth 4:11
Then all the people who were at the gate and the elders said, "We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem.
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1 Samuel 1:8
And Elkanah, her husband, said to her, "Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten sons?
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Luke 1:59
And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. And they would have called him Zechariah after his father.
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Ruth 4:18 - 22
Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez fathered Hezron.
1 Chronicles 2:4 - 15
His daughter-in-law Tamar also bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
Matthew 1:3 - 6
And Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
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Numbers 1:7
From Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
Exodus 6:23
Aaron took as his wife Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and the sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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