Ruth 1:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Ruth answered, “Please don't tell me to leave you and return home! I will go where you go, I will live where you live; your people will be my people, your God will be my God.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:21

Ittai answered, “Your Majesty, just as surely as you and the LORD live, I will go where you go, no matter if it costs me my life.”

Psalm 45:10

Bride of the king, listen carefully to me. Forget your own people and your father's family.

Proverbs 17:17

A friend is always a friend, and relatives are born to share our troubles.

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.

Daniel 2:47

The king said, “Now I know that your God is above all other gods and kings, because he gave you the power to explain this mystery.”

Daniel 3:29

And I won't allow people of any nation or race to say anything against their God. Anyone who does will be chopped up and their houses will be torn down, because no other god has such great power to save.

Daniel 4:37

That's why I say: “Praise and honour the King who rules from heaven! Everything he does is honest and fair, and he can shatter the power of those who are proud.”

Hosea 13:4

I, the LORD, have been your God since the time you were in Egypt. I am the only God you know, the only one who can save.

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!

Matthew 8:19

A teacher of the Law of Moses came up to him and said, “Teacher, I'll go anywhere with you!”

John 13:37

Peter asked, “Lord, why can't I go with you now? I would die for you!”

Acts 21:13

But Paul answered, “Why are you crying and breaking my heart? I am not only willing to be put in jail for the Lord Jesus. I am even willing to die for him in Jerusalem!”

1 Thessalonians 1:9

Everyone is talking about how you welcomed us and how you turned away from idols to serve the true and living God.

Joshua 24:18

And when we fought the Amorites and the other nations that lived in this land, the LORD made them run away. Yes, we will worship and obey the LORD, because the LORD is our God.

Revelation 14:4

All these are pure virgins, and they follow the Lamb wherever he leads. They have been rescued to be presented to God and the Lamb as the most precious people on earth.

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?”

Ruth 1:17

I will die where you die and be buried beside you. May the LORD punish me if we are ever separated, even by death!”

Ruth 2:6

The man answered, “She is the one who came back from Moab with Naomi.

Ruth 4:15

He will make you happy and take care of you in your old age, because he is the son of your daughter-in-law. And she loves you more than seven sons of your own would love you.