Ruth 4:10

Free Bible Version

I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon's widow, as my wife. By having children who may inherit his property his name will be kept alive in his family and in his home town. You are witnesses of this today.”

Cross References

Genesis 29:27

“Finish this week of wedding celebrations and then I'll give you the other daughter as well, as long as you work another seven years for me.”

Genesis 38:9

Onan realized that any children he had wouldn't be his own, so whenever he slept with his brother's wife he made sure she wouldn't become pregnant by withdrawing and spilling his semen on the ground. In this way he prevented any children being born on behalf of his brother.

Psalm 109:15

May their sins be constantly before the Lord; may his name be totally forgotten by people.

Psalm 34:16

The Lord sets himself against those who do evil. He will wipe out even the memory of them from the earth.

Proverbs 18:22

If you find a wife, that's great, and you'll be blessed by the Lord.

Proverbs 19:14

You inherit a house and wealth from your father, but a sensible wife is a gift from the Lord.

Isaiah 48:19

Your children, your descendants, would have been like all those grains of sand. They wouldn't have had to be destroyed, wiped out before me.

Hosea 12:12

Jacob fled to the land of Aram; Israel worked there to gain a wife, earning a wife by looking after sheep.

Hosea 3:2

So I bought her back for fifteen shekels of silver and one and half homers of barley.

Zechariah 13:2

On that day, declares the Lord Almighty, I will wipe out idol worship from the land—the idols will not be remembered any longer. I will remove the false prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.

Malachi 2:14

“Why not?” you ask. Because the Lord witnessed the vows you and your wife exchanged when you were young. You were unfaithful to her, your wife and partner joined to you by marriage contract.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, you should love your wives in the same way as Christ loved the church and gave himself for it.

Deuteronomy 25:6

The first son she has will be named after the dead brother, so that his name won't be forgotten in Israel.

Hebrews 13:4

Everyone should honor marriage. Husbands and wives should be faithful to each other. God will judge adulterers.

Joshua 7:9

The Canaanites and everyone living in the land will come and surround us and wipe us out so completely that even our name will be forgotten. Then what will happen to your great reputation?”

Ruth 4:9

Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people present, “You are witnesses that today I have bought from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Mahlon, and Chilion.