Ruth 2:20

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Noemi answered her: Blessed be he of the Lord; because the same kindness which he shewed to the living, he hath kept also to the dead. And again she said: The man is our kinsman.

Cross References

2 Samuel 2:5

David therefore sent messengers to the men of Jabes Galaad, and said to them: Blessed be you to the Lord, who have shewn this mercy to your master Saul, and have buried him.

Proverbs 17:17

He that is a friend loveth at all times: and a brother is proved in distress.

Leviticus 25:25

If thy brother being impoverished sell his little possession, and his kinsman will: he may redeem what he had sold.

Philippians 4:10

Now I rejoice in the Lord exceedingly, that now at length your thought for me hath flourished again, as you did also think; but you were busied.

Job 19:25

For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and in the last day I shall rise out of the earth.

2 Samuel 9:1

And David said: Is there any one, think you, left of the house of Saul, that I may shew kindness to him for Jonathan's sake?

Ruth 4:14

And the women said to Noemi: Blessed be the Lord, who hath not suffered thy family to want a successor, that his name should be preserved in Israel.

Ruth 4:6

He answered: I yield up my right of next akin; for I must not cut off the posterity of my own family. Do thou make use of my privilege, which I profess I do willingly forego.

Ruth 2:21

And Ruth said: He also charged me, that I should keep close to his reapers, till all the corn should be reaped.

Ruth 3:12

Neither do I deny myself to be near of kin, but there is another nearer than I.

Ruth 4:4

I would have thee to understand this, and would tell thee before all that sit here, and before the ancients of my people. If thou wilt take possession of it by the right of kindred: buy it and possess it. But if it please thee not, tell me so, that I may know what I have to do. For there is no near kinsman besides thee, who art first, and me, who am second. But he answered: I will buy the field.