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
General references
Bible References
Ruth
Ruth 2:10
And she falleth on her face, and boweth herself to the earth, and saith unto him, 'Wherefore have I found grace in thine eyes, to discern me, and I a stranger?'
1 Samuel 25:41
And she riseth and boweth herself -- face to the earth -- and saith, 'Lo, thy handmaid is for a maid-servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.'
Luke 14:11
because every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'
Spread therefore
Ezekiel 16:8
And I pass over by thee, and I see thee, And lo, thy time is a time of loves, And I spread My skirt over thee, And I cover thy nakedness, And I swear to thee, and come in to a covenant with thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And thou dost become Mine.
A near kinsman
Ruth 3:12
And now, surely, true, that I am a redeemer, but also there is a redeemer nearer than I.
Ruth 2:20
And Naomi saith to her daughter-in-law, 'Blessed is he of Jehovah who hath not forsaken His kindness with the living and with the dead;' and Naomi saith to her, 'The man is a relation of ours; he is of our redeemers.'
General references
Leviticus 25:25
'When thy brother becometh poor, and hath sold his possession, then hath his redeemer who is near unto him come, and he hath redeemed the sold thing of his brother;