Thematic Bible
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Bereavement » Instances of » Naomi, of her husband
She said: Do not call me Naomi (meaning pleasant). Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life bitter. I went away full, and Jehovah sent me back empty. Why do you give me the name Naomi, seeing that Jehovah has given witness against me, and the Almighty has brought sorrow to me?
Elimelech » With naomi, his wife, and two sons, emigrate to moab
Then Boaz said to the leaders and all the others there: You are all witnesses today that I have bought from Naomi everything that belonged to Elimelech and to his sons Chilion and Mahlon.
Then Boaz said to the close relative: Naomi has come back from the country of Moab. She is offering for a price that bit of land which belonged to our brother Elimelech.
The man was Elimelech, and his wife was Naomi, and the two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem in Judah. They went to Moab and stayed there. Naomi's husband Elimelech died. And she was left with her two sons.
Boaz was a relative of Naomi. He was a wealthy man from the family of Elimelech. Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi: Now let me go into the fields and pick up the heads of grain after anyone in whose eyes I find favor. She said to her: Go, my daughter.
Widow » Instances of » Naomi
Women » Sufferings of » As widows
When he came near the gate of the city he saw people carrying a dead person. It was the only son of a widow. Many people were with her.
The widow of a member of a group of prophets said to Elisha: My husband has died! As you know, he was a man who respected God. A man to whom he owed money came to take away my two sons as slaves in payment for my husband's debt.
Peter went to them right a way. When he arrived they brought him into the upper chamber. All the widows stood by him weeping and showing the coats and garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.
She had been a widow eighty-four years. She never left the temple. She worshipped and fasted with supplications day and night.
Go now to Zarephath, in Zidon, and live there. I have given orders to a widow woman there to see that you have food.
The number of disciples increased at that time. A murmuring arose on the part of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution.
A poor widow came along and dropped in two mites.
There was a widow in that same city. She went to him asking for legal protection from her adversary.