Ruth 4:15

He shall be to you a restorer of life, and sustain you in your old age, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him."

1 Samuel 1:8

Elkanah her husband said to her, "Hannah, why do you weep? Why don't you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?"

Genesis 45:11

There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have."'

Genesis 47:12

Joseph nourished his father, his brothers, and all of his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

Ruth 1:16-18

Ruth said, "Don't entreat me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God;

Ruth 2:11-12

Boaz answered her, "It has fully been shown me, all that you have done to your mother-in-law since the death of your husband; and how you have left your father and your mother, and the land of your birth, and have come to a people that you didn't know before.

Psalm 55:22

Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

Proverbs 18:24

A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Isaiah 46:4

and even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry, and will deliver.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.

For thy

Bible References

A nourisher, etc

Genesis 45:11
There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have."'
Genesis 47:12
Joseph nourished his father, his brothers, and all of his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
Psalm 55:22
Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
Isaiah 46:4
and even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry, and will deliver.

For thy

Ruth 1:16
Ruth said, "Don't entreat me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God;

Better

1 Samuel 1:8
Elkanah her husband said to her, "Hannah, why do you weep? Why don't you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?"
Proverbs 18:24
A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.