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

Elijah told Elisha, "Stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Bethel." But Elisha said, "As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So they went down to Bethel.

So they approached the village where they were going. He acted as though he wanted to go farther,

Then Paul replied, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."

Whither

But Ittai replied to the king, "As surely as the Lord lives and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king is, whether dead or alive, there I will be as well!"

Then an expert in the law came to him and said, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."

Peter said to him, "Lord, why can't I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you!"

These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from humanity as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb,

Thy people

Boaz replied to her, "I have been given a full report of all that you have done for your mother-in-law following the death of your husband -- how you left your father and your mother, as well as your homeland, and came to live among people you did not know previously.

Listen, O princess! Observe and pay attention! Forget your homeland and your family!

The Lord will certainly have compassion on Jacob; he will again choose Israel as his special people and restore them to their land. Resident foreigners will join them and unite with the family of Jacob.

Thy god

The Lord drove out from before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. So we too will worship the Lord, for he is our God!"

The king replied to Daniel, "Certainly your God is a God of gods and Lord of kings and revealer of mysteries, for you were able to reveal this mystery!"

I hereby decree that any people, nation, or language group that blasphemes the god of Shadrach, Meshach, or Abednego will be dismembered and his home reduced to rubble! For there exists no other god who can deliver in this way."

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all his deeds are right and his ways are just. He is able to bring down those who live in pride.

But I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt. Therefore, you must not acknowledge any God but me; except me there is no Savior.

And what mutual agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said, "I will live in them and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."

For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

General references

But Hobab said to him, "I will not go, but I will go instead to my own land and to my kindred."

But you who remained faithful to the Lord your God are still alive to this very day, every one of you.

A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity.