Ruth 4:10

Bible in Basic English 1965

And, further, I have taken Ruth, the Moabitess, who was the wife of Mahlon, to be my wife, to keep the name of the dead man living in his heritage, so that his name may not be cut off from among his countrymen, and from the memory of his town: you are witnesses this day.

Cross References

Genesis 29:27

Let the week of the bride-feast come to its end and then we will give you the other in addition, if you will be my servant for another seven years.

Genesis 38:9

But Onan, seeing that the offspring would not be his, went in to his brother's wife, but let his seed go on to the earth, so that he might not get offspring for his brother.

Psalm 109:15

Let them be ever before the eyes of the Lord, so that the memory of them may be cut off from the earth.

Psalm 34:16

The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth.

Proverbs 18:22

Whoever gets a wife gets a good thing, and has the approval of the Lord.

Proverbs 19:14

House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.

Isaiah 48:19

Your seed would have been like the sand, and your offspring like the dust: your name would not be cut off or come to an end before me.

Hosea 12:12

And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

Hosea 3:2

So I got her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley;

Zechariah 13:2

And it will come about on that day, says the Lord of armies, that I will have the names of the images cut off out of the land, and there will be no more memory of them: and I will send all the prophets and the unclean spirit away from the land.

Malachi 2:14

But you say, For what reason? Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your early years, to whom you have been untrue, though she is your friend and the wife to whom you have given your word.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;

Deuteronomy 25:6

Then the first male child she has will take the rights of the brother who is dead, so that his name may not come to an end in Israel.

Hebrews 13:4

Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.

Joshua 7:9

For when the news comes to the Canaanites and all the people of the land, they will come up, shutting us in and cutting off our name from the earth: and what will you do for the honour of your great name?

Ruth 4:9

Then Boaz said to the responsible men and to all the people, You are witnesses today that I have taken at a price from Naomi all the property which was Elimelech's, and everything which was Chilion's and Mahlon's.