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
so will I sustain thee, there, for there are yet five years of famine, - lest thou come to poverty - thou and thy house and all who are thine.
Genesis 47:12
And Joseph nourished his father and his brethren, and all his father's house, - with bread, according to the need of their little ones.
Psalm 55:22
Cast upon Yahweh thy lot, and, he, will sustain thee: He will not suffer, to times age-abiding, the righteous one to be shaken.
Isaiah 46:4
Even unto old age, I, am, the same, And unto grey hairs, I, will bear the burden, - I have made and, I, will carry, Yea, I, will bear the burden and will deliver,

For thy

Ruth 1:16
And Ruth said - Do not urge me to leave thee, to go back from following thee, - for, whither thou goest, I will go, and, where thou lodgest, I will lodge, thy people, shall be my people, and, thy God, my God;

Better

1 Samuel 1:8
So Elkanah her husband said to her - Hannah! wherefore shouldst thou weep? and wherefore wilt thou not eat? and wherefore should thy heart be sad? Am, I, not better to thee, than ten sons?
Proverbs 18:24
A man having many friends, shall come to ruin, but there is a loving one, who sticketh closer than a brother.