Ruth 1
Treated in 14 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 1:16 But Ruth said, "Stop pressing me to leave you and turn away from following you. Wherever you travel, I will travel with you; wherever you stop for the night, I will stop as well. Your people are now my people, and your God is now my God. 8
- 1:17 The place where you die is where I will die and be buried. May the LORD deal with me ever so severely if anything except death comes between us." 3
- 1:20 She said to them, "Do not call me Naomi. Call me Mara, for the Almighty has made my life very bitter. 2
- 1:1 In the days when the judges judged, a famine struck the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah set out with his wife and his two sons to live for a while as an outsider in the country of Moab. 1
- 1:11 But Naomi said, "Turn back, my daughters. Why go with me? Do I still have sons inside my womb who could become your husbands? 1
- 1:14 Again they wept aloud. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth held on to her. 1
- 1:21 I went away full, but the LORD has brought me home empty. Why call me Naomi? The LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has brought disaster on me." 1
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Where it is preached
- The Ten Commandments ·
1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites Ruth 1:20
…In the house of mirth think of the house of bondage. You that are now Naomi, may be Mara. Ruth 1:20. How quickly may the scene turn, and the hyperbole of joy end in a catastrophe! All…
- All Things for Good ·
An exhortation to love God cites Ruth i. 16
…to Him, as Ruth to Naomi. “Where thou goest I will go, and where thou diest I will die” (Ruth i. 16, 17). But he who wants love to God will do as Orpah to her mother in law; she kissed her…
- All Things for Good ·
The worst things work for good to the godly cites Ruth i. 21
…that befall us, that God has a special hand in them: “The Almighty hath afflicted me” (Ruth i. 21). Instruments can no more stir till God gives them a commission, than the axe can cut of…
- Portraits of Courage – Elisabeth Elliot ·
Quichua First cites Ruth 1:16
…where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.” — Ruth 1:16, KJV Quito, January 1953 Late in January 1953 Jim Elliot came up from the eastern forest…
- Daughters of the King – 30 Days with God for Girls – Book 1 ·
Day 13 — Where You Go, I’ll Go cites Ruth 1:16
…you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.’” — Ruth 1:16 (BSB) Naomi had lost everything. She had moved far from home with her husband and two…
- Morning by Morning ·
December cites Ruth 1:14
…shoulders. December 15 “Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.” (Ruth 1:14) Both of them had an affection for Naomi, and therefore set out with her upon her return…
- The Big Story ·
Everyone Did What Was Right in Their Own Eyes cites Ruth 1:1
…the next chapter. Meanwhile, in Bethlehem Then, set “in the days when the judges ruled” (Ruth 1:1), comes a short book that feels completely different. No battles, no heroes with swords.…
- Tell Me the Story – Book 2: Out of Egypt ·
Ruth Stays with Naomi cites Ruth 1:16
…you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.” — Ruth 1:16 In the days when judges ruled Israel, there was a famine in the land. There wasn’t enough…
- Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards ·
Ruth’s Resolution cites Ruth i. 16
Ruth i. 16.—And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Christ the Mediator of the Covenant cites Ruth 1:11
…damning. As Naomi said to her daughters-in-law, ‘Are there yet any more sons in my womb?’ Ruth 1:11, so has God any other sons in the womb of his eternal decree, to be saviours to us…
- A Body of Divinity ·
A Believer's Privilege at Death cites Ruth 1:20
…not Naomi, call me Mara: I went out full, and the Lord has brought me home again empty.’ Ruth 1:20, 21. Sorrow is the evil spirit that haunts us. The world is a Bochim. Judges 2:2. Rachel…
- Portraits of Courage – C. S. Lewis ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Ruth 1:16-17
…them at her bedside and prayed for her healing. Scriptures to revisit James 5:14-15; Ruth 1:16-17; Colossians 1:24. Reflection 1. Have you ever been willing to love at great cost? 2. How…
- Portraits of Courage – David Livingstone ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Ruth 1:16-17
…chose to carry his body a thousand miles to the coast. Scriptures to revisit Acts 8:2; Ruth 1:16-17. Reflection 1. What did their choice reveal about them, and about him? 2. How can…
- Portraits of Courage – Amy Carmichael ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Ruth 1:16-17
…into Robert Wilson’s home and given a new family. Scriptures to revisit Psalm 68:5-6; Ruth 1:16-17. Reflection 1. Who has been a spiritual father or mother to you? 2. How might you set…