Ruth 1:8-9

Ruth's Loyalty to Naomi

8 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. 9 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.

  1. Cross References
    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.
  2. Cross References
    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.
  3. Cross References
    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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