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, Come no farther for the Lord has sent me to Beth-el. But Elisha said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went down to Beth-el.

And they came near the town to which they were going, and he seemed as if he was going on;

Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Whither

And Ittai the Gittite in answer said, By the living Lord, and by the life of my lord the king, in whatever place my lord the king may be, for life or death, there will your servant be.

And there came a scribe and said to him, Master, I will come after you wherever you go.

Peter said to him, Why may I not come with you even now? I will give up my life for you.

These are they who have not made themselves unclean with women; for they are virgins. These are they who go after the Lamb wherever he goes. These were taken from among men to be the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

Thy people

And Boaz answering said to her, I have had news of everything you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband; how you went away from your father and mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people who are strange to you.

O daughter, give thought and attention, and let your ear be open; no longer keep in mind your people, and your father's house;

For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will again make Israel his special people, and will put them in their land; and the man from a strange country will take his place among them and be joined to the family of Jacob.

Thy god

And the Lord sent out from before us all the peoples, the Amorites living in the land: so we will be the servants of the Lord, for he is our God.

And the king made answer to Daniel and said, Truly, your God is a God of gods and a Lord of kings, and an unveiler of secrets, for you have been able to make this secret clear.

And it is my decision that any people, nation, or language saying evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, will be cut to bits and their houses made waste: because there is no other god who is able to give salvation such as this.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give worship and praise and honour to the King of heaven; for all his works are true and his ways are right: and those who go in pride he is able to make low.

But I am the Lord your God, from the land of Egypt; you have knowledge of no other God and there is no saviour but me.

And what agreement has the house of God with images? for we are a house of the living God; even as God has said, I will be living among them, and walking with them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.

For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God,

General references

But he said, I will not go with you, I will go back to the land of my birth and to my relations.

But you who kept faith with the Lord are living, every one of you, today.

A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.