Ruth 1:21

God's Word

I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi when the Lord has tormented me and the Almighty has done evil to me?”

Cross References

Job 1:21

He said, “Naked I came from my mother, and naked I will return. The Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away! May the name of the Lord be praised.”

Job 10:17

You keep finding new witnesses against me. You keep increasing your anger toward me. You keep bringing new armies against me.

Job 13:26

You write down bitter accusations against me. You make me suffer for the sins of my youth.

Job 16:8

You have shriveled me up, which itself is a witness ⌞against me⌟. My frail body rises up and testifies against me.

Job 30:11

Because God has untied my cord and has made me suffer, they are no longer restrained in my presence.

Malachi 3:5

“I will come to judge you. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers, lying witnesses, and those who cheat workers out of their wages and oppress widows and orphans. I will also testify against those who deprive foreigners of their rights. None of them fear me,” says the Lord of Armies.

Ruth 1:13

would you wait until they grew up and stay single just for them? No, my daughters. My bitterness is much worse than yours because the Lord has sent me so much trouble.”