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
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Bible References
Ruth
Ruth 2:10
And she will fall upon her face and worship to the earth, and she will say to him, Wherefore did I find favor in thine eyes, and thou didst recognize me, and I a stranger?
1 Samuel 25:41
And she will rise and worship with the face to the earth, and say, Behold, thy servant for a servant to wash the feet of my lord's servants.
Luke 14:11
For whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and he humbling himself shall be exalted.
Spread therefore
Ezekiel 16:8
And I shall pass by thee and see thee, and behold, thy time the time of loves; and I shall spread my wing over thee and cover thy nakedness: and I shall swear to thee, and come into covenant with thee, says the Lord Jehovah, and thou shalt be to me.
A near kinsman
Ruth 3:12
And now that truly if I a blood relation: and also there is a blood relation nearer than I.
Ruth 2:20
And Naomi will say to her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he to Jehovah, who let not go his mercy with the living and with the dead. Naomi said to her, The man is near to us, he is blood relative.
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Leviticus 25:25
When thy brother shall be poor, and he sold his possession, and he being near to him came to redeem it, and he redeemed the selling of his brother.