Ruth 1:8

God's Word

Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back! Each of you should go back to your mother’s home. May the Lord be as kind to you as you were to me and to our loved ones who have died.

Cross References

2 Samuel 2:6

May the Lord always show you kindness. I, too, will be good to you because you did this.

Ephesians 5:22

Wives, place yourselves under your husbands’ authority as you have placed yourselves under the Lord’s authority.

Colossians 3:18

Wives, place yourselves under your husbands’ authority. This is appropriate behavior for the Lord’s people.

Colossians 3:24

You know that your real master will give you an inheritance as your reward. It is Christ, your real master, whom you are serving.

Ruth 1:5

Then both Mahlon and Chilion died as well. So Naomi was left alone, without her two sons or her husband.

Ruth 1:7

So she left the place where she had been living, and her two daughters-in-law went with her.) They began to walk back along the road to the territory of Judah.

Ruth 1:9

May the Lord repay each of you so that you may find security in a home with a husband.” When she kissed them goodbye, they began to cry loudly.

Ruth 2:20

Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May the Lord bless him. The Lord hasn’t stopped being kind to people—living or dead.” Then Naomi told her, “That man is a relative of ours. He is a close relative, one of those responsible for taking care of us.”

Ruth 3:10

Boaz replied, “May the Lord bless you, my daughter. This last kindness—that you didn’t go after the younger men, whether rich or poor—is better than the first.