Ruth 2:8-10

So Boaz said to Ruth, "My daughter, listen to me. Don't go and glean in another field and don't go away from here. Stay here with the women who work for me. Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the women. I have told the men not to lay a hand on you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the man have filled." At this she bowed down with her face to the ground. She asked him, "Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me--a foreigner?"

 

At this she bowed down with her face to the ground

Genesis 19:1  The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.

1 Samuel 20:41a  After the boy had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone and bowed down before Jonathan three times with his face to the ground.

1 Samuel 24:8  Then David went out of the cave and called out to Saul, "My lord the king!" When Saul looked behind him, David bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground.

1 Samuel 25:23  When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey and bowed down before David with her face to the ground.

Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me 

Ruth 2:19  Her mother-in-law asked her, "Where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who took notice of you!" Then Ruth told her mother-in-law about the one at whose place she had been working. "The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz." she said.

Psalm 41:1  Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the LORD delivers them in times of trouble.

--a foreigner? 

Genesis 31:15  "Does he (Laban) not regard us (his daughters, Jacob's wives) as foreigners? Not only has he sold us, but he has used up what was paid for us."

Exodus 22:21  "Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt."

Leviticus 24:22  " 'You are to have the same law for the foreigner and the native born. I am the LORD  your God.' "

Deuteronomy 15:3  You may require payment from a foreigner, but you must cancel any debt your fellow Israelite owes you. (debts among Israelites were to be canceled at the end of every seventh year) 

Deuteronomy 23:20  You may charge a foreigner interest, but not a fellow Israelite, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything you put your hand to in the land you are entering to possess.

Psalm 146:9  The LORD watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

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Ruth 2:4-7 Part 2 of 2

Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, "The LORD be with you!"  "The LORD bless you!" they answered. Boaz asked the overseer of his harvesters, "Who does that young woman belong to? The overseer replied, "She is the Moabite who came back from Moab with Naomi. She said, 'Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves behind the harvesters.' She came into the field and has remained here from morning until now, except for a short rest in the shelter."

 

She said, 'Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves behind the harvesters'

Genesis 37:6-7  He said to them, "Listen to this dream I had: We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it."   

Leviticus 19:9  " 'When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.' "

Ruth 2:15-16  As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, "Let her gather among the sheaves and don't reprimand her. Even pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up. And don't rebuke her."

Ruth 2:23  So Ruth stayed close to the women of Boaz to glean until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

except for a short rest in the shelter 

2 Samuel 4:5  Now Rekab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out for the house of Ish-Bosheth, and they arrived there in the heat of the day while he was taking his noonday rest.

Psalm 61:4  I long to dwell in your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of your wings.

Psalm 91:1  Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

Isaiah 25:4a  You have become a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat.

 

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Ruth 2:4-7 Part 1 of 2

Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, "The LORD be with you!"  "The LORD bless you!" they answered. Boaz asked the overseer of his harvesters, "Who does that young woman belong to? The overseer replied, "She is the Moabite who came back from Moab with Naomi. She said, 'Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves behind the harvesters.' She came into the field and has remained here from morning until now, except for a short rest in the shelter."

 

The LORD be with you! 

Judges 6:12  When the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon, he said, "The LORD is with you, mighty warrior."

Joshua 1:5  "No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you."

1 Samuel 10:7  "Once these signs are fulfilled, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God is with you."

Luke 1:28  The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you."

2 Thessalonians 3:16  Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.

The LORD bless you! 

Genesis 28:3  " May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and increase your numbers until you become a community of peoples."

Numbers 6:24-26  " ' "The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace." ' "

She is the Moabite who came back from Moab with Naomi 

Ruth 1:22  So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest was beginning.

 

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Ruth 2:2-3 Part 2 of 2

And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, "Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor." Naomi said to her, "Go ahead, my daughter." So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters. As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.

 

So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters

Ruth 2:14  At mealtime Boaz said to her, "Come over here. Have some bread and dip it in the wine vinegar." When she sat down with the harvesters, he offered her some roasted grain. She ate all she wanted and had some left over.

Matthew 9:37-38  Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field." (also Luke 10:2)

John 4:35-38  "Don't you have a saying, 'It's still four months until harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so the the sower and the reaper may be glad together. Thus the saying 'One sows and another reaps' is true. I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.

Galatians 6:9  Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Hebrews 12:11  No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

James 3:18  Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.

Revelation 14:15  Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, "Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe." So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.

 

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Ruth 2:2-3 Part 1 of 2

And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, "Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor." Naomi said to her, "Go ahead, my daughter." So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters. As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.

 

Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain

Leviticus 23:22   " 'When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you. I am the LORD your God.' "

Deuteronomy 24:19  When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for  the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. 

behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor 

Genesis 6:8  But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

Genesis 18:3  He [Abraham] said, "If I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, do not pass your servant by."

Genesis 39:4  Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household, and he entrusted to his care everything he owned.

Exodus 33:12-13  Moses said to the LORD, "You have been telling me, 'Lead these people,' but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, 'I know you by name and you have found favor with me.' If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people."

Exodus 34:9  "Lord," he said, "If I have found favor in your eyes, then let the Lord go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our wickedness and our sin, and take us as your inheritance."

Ruth 2:10  At this she bowed down with her face to the ground. She asked him, "Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me--a foreigner?"

Ruth 2:13  "May I continue to find favor in your eyes, my lord," she said. "You have put me at ease by speaking kindly to your servant--though I do not have the standing of one of your servants."

Esther 2:15  When the turn came for Esther (the young woman Mordecai had adopted, the daughter of his uncle Abihail) to go to the king, she asked for nothing other than what Hegai, the king's eunuch who was in charge of the harem, suggested. And Esther won the favor of everyone who saw her.

Luke 1:30  But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God."

 

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Ruth 2:1

Now Naomi had a relative on her husband's side, a man of standing from the clan of Elimelek, whose name was Boaz.

 

Now Naomi had a relative on her husband's side

Ruth 3:2  "Now Boaz, with whose women you have worked, is a relative of ours. Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor."

Proverbs 7:4  Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and to insight, "You are my relative."

 

a man of standing 

1 Samuel 9:1-2  There was a Benjamite, a man of standing, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bekorath, the son of Aphia of Benjamin. Kish had a son named Saul, as handsome a young man as could be found anywhere in Israel, and he was a head taller than anyone else.

1 Kings 11:28  Now Jeroboam was a man of standing, and when Solomon saw how well the young man did his work, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the tribes of Joseph.

from the clan of Elimelek 

Ruth 1:2  The man's name was Elimelek, his wife's name was Naomi and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion.

whose name was Boaz 

Ruth 4:21-22  ... Salmon the father of Boaz, Boaz the father of Obed, Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of David.

1 Chronicles 2:4-5, 9-11  Judah's daughter-in-law Tamar bore Perez and Zerah to Judah. He had five sons in all. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul. ... The sons born to Hezron were: Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb. Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, the leader of the people of Judah. Nahshon was the father of Salmon, Salmon the father of Boaz, ...

Matthew 1:5  ... Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, ... (see also Luke 3:32)

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Ruth 1:22

So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest was beginning.

 

accompanied by Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law

Ruth 2:2  And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, "Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor." 

Ruth 2:6  The overseer replied, "She is the Moabite who came back from Moab with Naomi."

Ruth 2:21  Then Ruth the Moabite said, "He even said to me, 'Stay with my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain.' "

Ruth 4:5  Then Boaz said, "On the day you buy the land from Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the dead man's widow, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property."

Ruth 4:10  "I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon's widow, as my wife, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown. Today you are witnesses!"

arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest was beginning 

Deuteronomy 8:7-8  For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land--a land with brooks, streams and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills; a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey; ...

Ruth 2:17  So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah. [20 quarts or 22 liters]

Ruth 2:23  So Ruth stayed close to the women of Boaz to glean until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

Exodus 9:31-32  (The flax and barley were destroyed [in the plague of hail], since the barley had headed and the flax was in bloom. The wheat and spelt, however were not destroyed, because they ripen later.)

Leviticus 19:9-10  " 'When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.' "

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Ruth 1:19-21

So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women exclaimed, "Can this be Naomi?"  "Don't call me Naomi," she told them. "Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter. I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The LORD has afflicted me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me."

 

So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem

Ruth 1:1  In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab.

1 Samuel 17:12  Now David was the son of an Ephrathite named Jesse, who was from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons and in Saul's time he was very old.  

Micah 5:2  "But you Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times."

Matthew 2:1  After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem ...

When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them 

Matthew 21:10  When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, "Who is this?"

Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter 

Job 5:17  "Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty."

Job 6:4  "The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God's terrors are marshaled against me."

Psalm 91:1  Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty 

Job 1:21  ... "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised."

The LORD has afflicted me 

Job 30:11  "Now that God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they throw off restraint in my presence."

Psalm 88:7  Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.

Isaiah 53:4  Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him and afflicted.

 

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Ruth 1:14-18 Part 3 of 3

At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her. "Look," said Naomi, "your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her." But Ruth replied, "Do not urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die and there I will be buried. May the LORD deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me." When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.

 

May the LORD deal with me, be it ever so severely

1 Kings 19:1-2  Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, "May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them."  

1 Kings 20:10  Then Ben-Hadad sent another message to Ahab: "May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if enough dust remains in Samaria to give each of my men a handful."

2 Kings 6:31  He (Joram king of Israel) said, "May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today!"

 

even if death separates you and me 

2 Samuel 15:21  But Ittai replied to the king, "As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be." 

Proverbs 17:17  A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.

When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her 

Acts 21:13-14  Then Paul answered, "Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus." When he would not be dissuaded, we gave up and said, "The Lord's will be done."

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Ruth 1:14-18 Part 2 of 3

At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her. "Look," said Naomi, "your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her." But Ruth replied, "Do not urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die and there I will be buried. May the LORD deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me." When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.

 

May the LORD deal with me, be it ever so severely

1 Samuel 3:17  "What was it he said to you?" Eli asked. "Do not hide it from me. May God deal with you, be it ever so severely, if you hide from me anything he told you."

1 Samuel 14:44  Saul said, "May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if you do not die, Jonathan."

1 Samuel 20:13  "But if my father intends to harm you, may the LORD deal with Jonathan, be it ever so severely, if I do not let you know and send you away in peace. May the LORD be with you as he has been with my father."  

1 Samuel 25:22  "May God deal with David, be it ever so severely, if by morning I leave alive one male of all who belong to him!" (Nabal)

2 Samuel 3:9-10  "May God deal with Abner, be it ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD promised him on oath and transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and establish David's throne over Israel and Judah from Dan to Beersheba." 

2 Samuel 3:35  Then they all came and urged David to eat something while it was still day; but David took an oath, saying, "May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!"

2 Samuel 19:13  "And say to Amasa, 'Are you not my own flesh and blood? May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if you are not the commander of my army for life in place of Joab.' "

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Ruth 1:14-18 Part 1 of 3

At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her. "Look," said Naomi, "your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her." But Ruth replied, "Do not urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die and there I will be buried. May the LORD deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me." When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.

 

Don't urge me to leave you

2 Kings 2:2  Elijah said to Elisha, "Stay here; the LORD has sent me to Bethel." But Elisha said, "As surely as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So they went down to Bethel.

Where you go I will go 

Psalm 45:10  Listen, daughter, and pay careful attention: Forget your people and your father's house.

and your God my God 

Ruth 2:12  "May the LORD repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge."

Daniel 3:17-18  "If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty's hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up."

 

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Ruth 1:11-13

But Naomi said, "Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Am I going to have any more sons, who could become your husbands? Return home, my daughters; I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me--even if I had sons--would you wait until they grew up? Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters. It is more bitter for me than for you, because the LORD's hand has turned against me!"

 

Am I going to have any more sons, who could become your husbands?

Deuteronomy 25:5-6  If brothers are living together and one of them dies without a son, his widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband's brother shall take her and marry her and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her. The first son she bears shall carry on the name of the dead brother so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.  

Ruth 4:10  "I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon's widow, as my wife in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown. Today you are witnesses!"      

Matthew 22:23-24  That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question. "Teacher," they said, "Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for him." (for the question and answer see Matthew 22:25-33; Mark 12:18-27; Luke 20:27-40)

 

No, my daughters. It is more bitter for me than for you 

Ruth 1:20  "Don't call me Naomi," she told them. "Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter." 

Exodus 1:14  They (the Egyptians) made their (the Israelites) lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.

because the LORD's hand has turned against me 

Judges 2:15  Whenever Israel went out to fight, the hand of the LORD was against them to defeat them, just as he had sworn to them. They were in great distress.

Job 1:10-11  "Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face."

Job 30:21  "You turn on me ruthlessly; with the might of your hand you attack me."

Psalm 32:4  For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.

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Ruth 1:8-10

Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go back, each of you, to your mother's home. May the LORD show you kindness, as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands and to me. May the LORD grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband." Then she kissed them goodbye and they wept aloud and said to her, "We will go back with you to your people."

 

Go back, each of you, to your mother's home

Genesis 38:11  Judah then said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, "Live as a widow in your father's household until my son Shelah grows up." For he thought, "He may die too, just like his brothers." So Tamar went to live in her father's household.  

 

May the LORD show you kindness 

Genesis 19:18-19  But Lot said to them, "No, my lords, please! Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have shown great kindness to me in sparing my life. But I can't flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I'll die."     

Genesis 39:20b-21  But while Joseph was there in the prison, the LORD was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.

May the LORD grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband 

Ruth 3:1  One day Ruth's mother-in-law Naomi said to her, "My daughter, I must find a home for you, where you will be well provided for."

Then she kissed them goodbye 

Genesis 31:55  Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then he left and returned home.

1 Samuel 20:41  After the boy had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone and bowed down before Jonathan three times, with his face to the ground. Then they kissed each other and wept together--but David wept the most.

2 Samuel 19:39  So all the people crossed the Jordan, and then the king (David) crossed over. The king kissed Barzillai and bid him farewell, and Barzillai returned to his home.

 

and they wept aloud 

Genesis 27:38  Esau said to his father, "Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me, too, my father!" Then Esau wept aloud.

1 Samuel 30:4  So David and his men wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep.

2 Samuel 15:30  But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went; his head was covered and he was barefoot. All the people with him covered their heads too and were weeping as they went up.

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Ruth 1:6-7

When Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had come to the aid of his people by providing food for them, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to return home from there. With her two daughters-in-law she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road that would take them back to the land of Judah.

 

When Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had come to the aid of his people

Genesis 50:24  Then Joseph said to his brothers, " I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob."   

Exodus 4:31  ... And when they heard that the LORD was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.

Jeremiah 29:10-11  This is what the LORD says: "When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place. For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Zephaniah 2:7  That land will belong to the remnant of the people of Judah; there they will find pasture. In the evening they will lie down in the houses of Ashkelon. The LORD their God will care for them; he will restore their fortunes.

by providing food for them 

Psalm 132:15  "I will bless her with abundant provisions; her poor I will satisfy with food."

Matthew 6:11  "Give us our daily bread."

she and her daughters-in-law prepared to return home from there 

Genesis 11:31  Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.

1 Chronicles 2:4  Judah's daughter-in-law Tamar bore Perez and Zerah to Judah. He had five sons in all.

Ruth 1:22  So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest was beginning.

Ruth 2:20  "The LORD bless him!" Naomi said to her daughter-in-law. "He has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and the dead." She added, "That man is our close relative."

Ruth 4:14-15  The women said to Naomi: "Praise be to the LORD, who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel! He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth."

 

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Ruth 1:3-5

Now Elimelek, Naomi's husband died, and she was left with her two sons. They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years, both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.

 

They married Moabite women

1 Kings 11:1-2  King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh's daughter--Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites. They were from nations about which the Lord had told the Israelites, "You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods." Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love.  

2 Chronicles 24:26  Those who conspired against him (Joash king of Israel) were Zabad, son of Shimeath an Ammonite woman, and Jehozabad, son of Shimrith a Moabite woman.  

Ezra 9:1-2  After these things had been done, the leaders came to me and said, "The people of Israel, including the priests and the Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the neighboring peoples with their detestable practices, like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians and Amorites. They have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, and have mingled the holy race with the peoples around them. And the leaders and officials have led the way in this unfaithfulness." 

Nehemiah 13:23  Moreover, in those days I saw men of Judah who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon and Moab.

 

one named Orpah and the other Ruth 

Ruth 1:14  At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.  

Ruth 4:13  So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.

Matthew 1:5-6  ... Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of King David.

both Mahlon and Kilion also died 

Ruth 1:8  Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go back, each of you to your mother's home. May the LORD show you kindness, as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands and to me."

Ruth 2:11  Boaz replied, "I've been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband--how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before."

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Ruth 1:2

The man's name was Elimelek, his wife's name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.

 

The man's name was Elimelek

Ruth 1:3  Now Elimelek, Naomi's husband died and she was left with her two sons.

Ruth 2:1  Now Naomi had a relative on her husband's side, a man of standing from the clan of Elimelek, whose name was Boaz.

Ruth 4:2-3  Boaz took ten of the elders of the town and said, "Sit here," and they did so. Then he said to the guardian-redeemer, "Naomi, who has come back from Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our relative Elimelek."

the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion 

Ruth 1:4b-5  After they had lived there about ten years, both Mahlon and Kilion died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.

Ruth 4:9  Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, "Today you are witnesses that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelek, Kilion and Mahlon."

They were Ephrathites 

Genesis 35:16  Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty.

from Bethlehem, Judah 

Genesis 35:19  So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is Bethlehem).

1 Samuel 16:18  One of the servants answered, "I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave man and a warrior. He speaks well and is a fine-looking man. And the LORD is with him."

 

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Ruth 1:1 Part 2 of 2

In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab.

 

there was a famine in the land

2 Kings 8:1  Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, [2 Kings 4:8-37] "Go away with your family and stay for a while wherever you can, because the LORD has decreed a famine in the land that will last seven years."   

Haggai1:9-11  "You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?" declares the LORD Almighty. "Because of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with your own house. Therefore, because of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth its crops. I called for a drought on the fields and the mountains, on the grain, the new wine, the olive oil and everything else the ground produces, on people and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands." 

 

So a man from Bethlehem in Judah 

Genesis 35:19  So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem) .

Genesis 48:7  "As I [Israel/Jacob] was returning from Paddan to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan while we were still on the way, a little distance from Ephrath" (that is Bethlehem).

Ruth 1:19  So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women exclaimed, "Can this be Naomi?"

1 Samuel 17:12  Now David was the son of an Ephrathite named Jesse, who was from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and in Saul's time he was very old. 

Micah 5:2  "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from old, from ancient times."

John 7:42  "Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David's descendants and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?"

together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab 

Genesis 19:37  The older daughter [of Lot] had a son and she named him Moab; he is the father of the Moabites of today.

Numbers 22:1  Then the Israelites traveled to the plains of Moab and camped along the Jordan across from Jericho.

Judges 3:30  That day Moab was made subject to Israel, and the land had peace for eighty years.

Ruth 1:6  When Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had come to the aid of his people by providing food for them, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to return home from there.

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Ruth 1:1 Part 1 of 2

In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab.

 

In the days when the judges ruled

Judges 2:16-18  Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them out of the hands of these raiders. Yet they would not listen to their judges but prostituted themselves to other gods, and worshiped them. They quickly turned from the ways of their ancestors, who had been obedient to the LORD's commands. Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for them, he was with the judge and saved them out of the hands of their enemies as long as the judge lived; for the LORD relented because of their groaning under those who oppressed and afflicted them. 

there was a famine in the land 

Genesis 12:10  Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

Genesis 41:27  "The seven lean, ugly cows that came up afterward are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind: They are seven years of famine."

Genesis 41:57  And all the world came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe everywhere.

Genesis 42:5  So Israel's sons were among those who went to buy grain, for there was famine in the land of Canaan also.

Genesis 43:1-2  Now the famine was still severe in the land. So when they had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father (Israel/Jacob) said to them, "Go back and buy us a little more food."

Genesis 47:4  They also said to him (Pharaoh), "We have come to live here for a while, because the famine is severe in Canaan and your servants' flocks have no pasture. So now, please let your servants settle in Goshen." 

Genesis 47:13  There was no food, however, in the whole region because the famine was severe; both Egypt and Canaan wasted away because of the famine.

2 Samuel 21:1  During the reign of David, there was a famine for three successive years; so David sought the face of the LORD. The LORD said "It is on account of Saul and his blood-stained house; it is because he put the Gibeonites to death." (Joshua 9:1-27; 10:1-2; 2 Samuel 21:2)

2 Kings 6:24-25  Some time later, Ben-Hadad king of Aram mobilized his entire army and marched up and laid siege to Samaria. There was a great famine in the city; the siege lasted so long that a donkey's head sold for eighty shekels (about 2 lbs or 920 grams) and a quarter of a cab (about 1/4 lb or 100 grams) of seed pods (or doves' dung) for five shekels (about 2 oz or 56 grams)

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