Ruth 1:14

Contemporary English Version 1995

They cried again. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth held on to her.

Cross References

Proverbs 18:24

Some friends don't help, but a true friend is closer than your own family.

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any of you want to be my followers, you must forget about yourself. You must take up your cross and follow me.

Matthew 10:37

If you love your father or mother or even your sons and daughters more than me, you are not fit to be my disciples.

Hebrews 10:39

We are not like those people who turn back and get destroyed. We will keep on having faith until we are saved.

Matthew 19:22

When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he was very rich.

Zechariah 8:23

When this happens, ten people from nations with different languages will grab a Jew by his clothes and say, “Let us go with you. We've heard that God is on your side.” I, the Lord All-Powerful, have spoken!

Isaiah 14:1

The Lord will have mercy on Israel and will let them be his chosen people once again. He will bring them back to their own land, and foreigners will join them as part of Israel.

Proverbs 17:17

A friend is there to help, in any situation, and relatives are born to share our troubles.

1 Kings 19:20

Elisha stopped plowing and ran after him. “Let me kiss my parents goodbye, then I'll go with you,” he said. “You can go,” Elijah said. “But remember what I've done for you.”

Deuteronomy 10:20

Respect the Lord your God, be faithful, and serve only him, making promises in his name.

2 Timothy 4:10

Demas loves the things of this world so much that he left me and went to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus has gone to Dalmatia.

Acts 17:34

some of the men put their faith in the Lord and went with Paul. One of them was a council member named Dionysius. A woman named Damaris and several others also put their faith in the Lord.

Genesis 31:55

Early the next morning, Laban kissed his daughters and his grandchildren goodbye, then he left to go back home.

Genesis 31:28

You didn't even give me a chance to kiss my own grandchildren and daughters goodbye. That was really foolish.

Deuteronomy 4:4

But all of you that were faithful to the Lord your God are still alive today.

Ruth 1:13

would you wait for them to become old enough to marry? No, my daughters! Life is harder for me than it is for you, because the Lord has turned against me.”

Ruth 1:15

Naomi then said to Ruth, “Look, your sister-in-law is going back to her people and to her gods! Why don't you go with her?”

2 Samuel 19:39

David's soldiers went on across the river, while he stayed behind to tell Barzillai goodbye and to wish him well. Barzillai returned home, but

Ruth 2:11

Boaz answered, “I've heard how you've helped your mother-in-law ever since your husband died. You even left your own father and mother to come and live in a foreign land among people you don't know.