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 also provide for you, for there are still five years of famine to come, and you and your household and all that you have would be impoverished.”’
Genesis 47:12
Joseph provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to their little ones.
Psalm 55:22
Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you;
He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.
Isaiah 46:4
Even to your old age I will be the same,
And even to your graying years I will bear you!
I have done it, and I will carry you;
And I will bear you and I will deliver you.

For thy

Ruth 1:16
But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following 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
Then Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep and why do you not eat and why is your heart sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
Proverbs 18:24
A man of too many friends comes to ruin,
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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