Ruth 1:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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:

To leave

2 Kings 2:2

Luke 24:28

Acts 21:13

Whither

Thy people

Ruth 2:11

Psalm 45:10

Isaiah 14:1

Thy god

1 Thessalonians 1:9

General references

Numbers 10:30

Deuteronomy 4:4

Proverbs 17:17

Bible References

To leave

And Elijah said to Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Beth-el. And Elisha said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth-el.

And they drew nigh to the village whither they were going: and he made as though he would go further.

Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep, and to break my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Whither

And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.

And a certain scribe came, and said to him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

Peter said to him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.

These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they who follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the first-fruits to God and to the Lamb.

Thy people

And Boaz answered and said to her, It hath fully been shown to me, all that thou hast done to thy mother-in-law since the death of thy husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and hast come to a people which thou knewest not heretofore.

Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thy ear; forget also thy own people, and thy father's house;

For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

Thy god

And the LORD drove out from before us all the people, even the Amorites who dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God.

The king answered to Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldst reveal this secret.

Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other god that can deliver after this sort.

Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no God but me: for there is no savior besides me.

And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

For they themselves show of us what manner of entrance we had to you, and how ye turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God;

General references

And he said to him, I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my kindred.

But ye who adhered to the LORD your God, are alive every one of you this day.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.