Ruth 4:15

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.

Cross References

Genesis 45:11

I will take care of you there during the next five years of famine. But if you don't come, you and your family and your animals will starve to death.”

Genesis 47:12

Joseph also provided food for their families.

Psalm 55:22

Our LORD, we belong to you. We tell you what worries us, and you won't let us fall.

Proverbs 18:24

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

Isaiah 46:4

I will still be the same when you are old and grey, and I will take care of you. I created you. I will carry you and always keep you safe.

Ruth 4:16

Naomi loved the boy and took good care of him.

1 Samuel 1:8

So Elkanah asked, “Hannah, why are you crying? Why won't you eat? Why do you feel so bad? Don't I mean more to you than ten sons?”

1 Samuel 2:5

People who once had plenty to eat must now hire themselves out for only a piece of bread. But you give the hungry more than enough to eat. A woman did not have a child, and you gave her seven, but a woman who had many was left with none.