Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
The lord
Ephratah
General references
Bible References
The lord
Genesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebekah and said unto her, Thou art our sister; be thou the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those who hate them.
Psalm 127:3
Behold, sons are a heritage of the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is to be desired.
Psalm 128:3
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thy house; thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Build
Deuteronomy 25:9
then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders and loose his shoe from off his foot and spit in his face and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.
Proverbs 14:1
Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.
Ephratah
Ruth 1:2
And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem of Judah. And they came into the fields of Moab and continued there.
Genesis 35:16
And they journeyed from Bethel, and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath when Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
Psalm 132:6
Behold, we heard of her in Ephratah; we found her in the fields of the wood.
Micah 5:2
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be Lord in Israel; and his goings forth are from the beginning, from the days of the ages.
Matthew 2:6
And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda, for out of thee shall come a Leader that shall shepherd my people Israel.
General references
Job 29:7
When I went out to the gate to judgment, when I had my seat prepared in the plaza!
Matthew 2:5
And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea, for thus it is written by the prophet,