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Ruth Chapter 1

Ruth
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Ruth

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In this chapter Naomi and her daughter‑in‑law Ruth leave Bethlehem to go to Moab, where Ruth decides to work in the fields of a nearby man named Boaz. Boaz, who is a relative of Naomi, offers to let Ruth glean the leftover grain, and she works diligently under his protection. The chapter highlights themes of kindness, loyalty, and the importance of honoring the gleaning law.

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(1) Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
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Judges 2:16Judges 12:8Genesis 12:10Genesis 26:1Genesis 43:1Leviticus 26:19Deuteronomy 28:23Deuteronomy 28:24Deuteronomy 28:38II Samuel 21:1I Kings 17:1I Kings 17:2

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Ruth 1:6Judges 11:18Ruth 1:2Genesis 12:10II Kings 8:1Jeremiah 44:12

(2) And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
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Genesis 35:19I Samuel 1:1I Samuel 17:21Micah 5:2

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Ruth 1:6Judges 11:18Ruth 1:1Ruth 1:22Ruth 2:6Ruth 4:3

(3) And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
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II Kings 4:1Psalms 34:19Hebrews 12:6Hebrews 12:10Hebrews 12:11

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Romans 7:2

(4) And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.
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Deuteronomy 7:3Deuteronomy 23:3I Kings 11:1I Kings 11:2Matthew 1:5

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Judges 11:18Isaiah 15:1

(5) And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
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Deuteronomy 32:39Psalms 89:30Psalms 89:31Psalms 89:32Jeremiah 2:19Isaiah 49:21Matthew 22:25Matthew 22:26Matthew 22:27Luke 7:12

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Romans 7:2

(6) Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.
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Genesis 21:1Genesis 50:25Exodus 3:16Exodus 4:31I Samuel 2:21Luke 1:68Luke 19:44I Peter 2:12Genesis 28:20Genesis 48:15Exodus 16:4Exodus 16:5

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Judges 11:18Ezekiel 16:55Isaiah 15:1Song of Solomon 6:13Numbers 21:20Ruth 1:1

(7) Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.
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II Kings 8:3Ruth 1:10Ruth 1:14Exodus 18:27

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Ezekiel 16:55Song of Solomon 6:13Jeremiah 15:19Jeremiah 44:14Malachi 3:7Genesis 27:46

(8) And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
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Joshua 24:15Joshua 24:16Joshua 24:17Joshua 24:18Joshua 24:19Joshua 24:20Joshua 24:21Joshua 24:22Joshua 24:23Joshua 24:24Joshua 24:25Joshua 24:26

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Ezekiel 16:55Song of Solomon 6:13Jeremiah 15:19Jeremiah 44:14Malachi 3:7Genesis 27:46

(9) The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
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Ruth 3:1Genesis 27:27Genesis 29:11Genesis 45:15Acts 20:37

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Romans 7:2Isaiah 34:14Genesis 29:11Ruth 1:14II Samuel 3:32II Samuel 13:36

(10) And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.
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Psalms 16:3Psalms 119:63Zechariah 8:23

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Song of Solomon 6:13Jeremiah 44:25Jeremiah 15:19Jeremiah 44:14Ezekiel 16:55Malachi 3:7

(11) And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
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Genesis 38:11Deuteronomy 25:5

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Ezekiel 33:11Jeremiah 29:6I Samuel 1:8Job 3:11Genesis 27:46Genesis 31:43

(12) Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;
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Genesis 17:17I Timothy 5:9

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Romans 7:2Numbers 5:20Numbers 30:12Numbers 30:13Deuteronomy 24:3II Samuel 11:26

(13) Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.
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Deuteronomy 2:15Judges 2:15I Samuel 5:11Job 19:21Psalms 32:4Psalms 38:2Psalms 39:9Psalms 39:10

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Jeremiah 29:6Genesis 27:46Genesis 31:43Nehemiah 10:28Ezekiel 16:55Isaiah 3:1

(14) And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
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Genesis 31:28Genesis 31:55I Kings 19:20Matthew 10:37Matthew 19:22Mark 10:21Mark 10:22II Timothy 4:10Deuteronomy 4:4Deuteronomy 10:20Proverbs 17:17Proverbs 18:24

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Luke 12:53Genesis 29:11Ruth 1:9II Samuel 3:32II Samuel 13:36Job 2:12

(15) And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.
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Psalms 36:3Psalms 125:5Zephaniah 1:6Matthew 13:20Matthew 13:21Hebrews 10:38I John 2:19Judges 11:24Joshua 24:15Joshua 24:19II Samuel 15:19II Samuel 15:20

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Judges 10:6Song of Solomon 6:13Leviticus 20:19I Kings 11:19Song of Solomon 8:8Ezekiel 16:46

(16) And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
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II Kings 2:2II Kings 2:3II Kings 2:4II Kings 2:5II Kings 2:6Luke 24:28Luke 24:29Acts 21:13II Samuel 15:21Matthew 8:19John 13:37Revelation 14:4

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Song of Solomon 6:13Genesis 28:15Jeremiah 15:19Jeremiah 44:14Ezekiel 16:55Malachi 3:7

(17) Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
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I Samuel 3:17I Samuel 25:22II Samuel 3:9II Samuel 3:35II Samuel 19:13I Kings 2:23I Kings 19:2I Kings 20:10II Kings 6:31Acts 11:23Acts 20:24

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Revelation 8:12Ezekiel 5:12Ruth 3:13II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Romans 14:8

(18) When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
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Acts 21:14Acts 2:42Ephesians 6:10

(19) So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
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Matthew 21:10Isaiah 23:7Lamentations 2:15

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Ruth 1:22

(20) And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
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Genesis 17:1Genesis 43:14Job 5:17Job 11:7Revelation 1:8Revelation 21:22Job 6:4Job 19:6Psalms 73:14Psalms 88:15Isaiah 38:13Lamentations 3:1

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Deuteronomy 3:9Ruth 1:21I Kings 18:24Psalms 145:18Hosea 2:16Joel 2:32

(21) I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
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I Samuel 2:7I Samuel 2:8Job 1:21Job 10:17Job 13:26Job 16:8Malachi 3:5

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Ruth 1:20I Samuel 1:8Job 24:1

(22) So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
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Ruth 2:23Exodus 9:31Exodus 9:32II Samuel 21:9

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II Samuel 21:9Daniel 4:36Ruth 2:2Ruth 2:22Luke 12:53Ruth 1:6

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