11 occurrences

'Mother in law' in the Bible

'Cursed be the one who lies with his mother-in-law.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Verse ConceptsMothers, Responsibilities OfAmen

And they lifted up their voices and cried again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law [goodbye], but Ruth clung to her.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingKissingFarewellsClinging To PeopleMother In Lawsgoodbyes

And Boaz answered and said to her, "All that you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband was fully told to me. [How] you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and you went to a people that you did not know {before}.

Verse ConceptsMothers, Responsibilities OfRuthSelf DenialSelf SacrificeMother In LawsNot Knowing PeopleTelling What People DidDeath Of A Mother

And she picked [it] up and went [to] the town. Her mother-in-law saw how much she had gleaned. And she took [it] out and gave to her what she had left over {after being satisfied}.

Verse ConceptsRemaining Food

And her mother-in-law said to her, "Where did you glean {today} and where did you work? May he [who] took notice of you be blessed." And she told her mother-in-law {with whom she had worked} and said, "The name of the man who I worked with today [is] Boaz."

Verse ConceptsWhere Are Things?May God Bless!Men Working

So she stayed close with the maidservants [of] Boaz to glean until the end of the barley harvest and wheat harvest. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

Verse ConceptsWheatLiving Together

Now Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, should I not seek for you security that [things] may be good for you?

Verse ConceptsSearchingFather And Daughter Relationships

And she went down to the threshing floor and did all that her mother-in-law had instructed her.

Verse ConceptsObeying People

And she came to her mother-in-law, and she said, "{How did it go for you,} my daughter?" And she told her all that the man did for her.

Verse ConceptsWhat Manner?

And she said, "These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said, 'You shall not go empty-handed to your mother-in-law.'"

Verse ConceptsSix ThingsEmpty HandedOther Volume Measures

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Mother-In-Law (16 instances)