Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.

Spread therefore

A near kinsman

General references

Bible References

Ruth

Ruth 2:10
Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your sight that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?”
1 Samuel 25:41
She arose and bowed with her face to the ground and said, “Behold, your maidservant is a maid to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”
Luke 14:11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Spread therefore

Ezekiel 16:8
“Then I passed by you and saw you, and behold, you were at the time for love; so I spread My skirt over you and covered your nakedness. I also swore to you and entered into a covenant with you so that you became Mine,” declares the Lord God.

A near kinsman

Ruth 3:12
Now it is true I am a close relative; however, there is a relative closer than I.
Ruth 2:20
Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed of the Lord who has not withdrawn his kindness to the living and to the dead.” Again Naomi said to her, “The man is our relative, he is one of our closest relatives.”

General references

Leviticus 25:25
If a fellow countryman of yours becomes so poor he has to sell part of his property, then his nearest kinsman is to come and buy back what his relative has sold.