Ruth 1:15

Easy To Read Version

Naomi said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her own people and her own gods. So you should do the same thing.”

Cross References

2 Kings 2:2

Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, because the Lord told me to go to Bethel.”

Psalm 125:5

Evil people do crooked things.\par The Lord will punish those evil people.\par

Psalm 36:3

His words are only worthless lies.\par He does not become wise\par or learn to do good.\par

Zephaniah 1:6

Some people turned away from the Lord. They quit following me. Those people stopped asking the Lord for help. So I will remove those people from that place.”

Numbers 10:30

But Hobab answered, “No, I will not go with you. I will go back to my homeland and to my own people.”

Luke 24:28

They came near the town of Emmaus and Jesus acted like he did not plan to stop there.

Hebrews 10:38

The person who is right with me (God)\par will have life because of his faith.\par But if that person turns back \{in fear\},\par I will not be pleased with him.” {\cf2\super [142]} \par \i (Habakkuk 2:3-4)\i0 \par

Joshua 24:15

“But maybe you don’t want to serve the Lord. You must choose for yourselves today. Today you must decide who you will serve. Will you serve the gods that your ancestors worshiped when they lived on the other side of the Euphrates River? Or will you serve the gods of the Amorite people that lived in this land? You must choose for yourselves. But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord!”

Joshua 24:19

Then Joshua said, “{That is not true.} You will not be able to continue serving the Lord. The Lord God is holy. And God hates his people worshiping other gods. God will not forgive you if you turn against him like that.

1 John 2:19

Those enemies of Christ were in our group. But they left us. They did not really belong with us. If they were really part of our group, then they would have stayed with us. But they left. This shows that none of them really belonged with us.

Judges 11:24

Surely you can live in the land which Chemosh [98] your god has given to you. So we will live in the land that the Lord our God has given to us!

Ruth 1:14

So the women cried very much again. Then Orpah kissed Naomi {and left}. But Ruth hugged her {and stayed}.

Ruth 1:16

But Ruth said, “Don’t force me to leave you! Don’t force me to go back to my own people. Let me go with you. Wherever you go, I will go. Wherever you sleep, I will sleep. Your people will be my people. Your God will be my God.