Ruth 1:16

Good News Translation (US Version)

But Ruth answered, “Don't ask me to leave you! Let me go with you. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:21

But Ittai answered, “Your Majesty, I swear to you in the Lord's name that I will always go with you wherever you go, even if it means death.”

Psalm 45:10

Bride of the king, listen to what I say— forget your people and your relatives.

Matthew 8:19

A teacher of the Law came to him. “Teacher,” he said, “I am ready to go with you wherever you go.”

John 13:37

“Lord, why can't I follow you now?” asked Peter. “I am ready to die for you!”

1 Thessalonians 1:9

All those people speak about how you received us when we visited you, and how you turned away from idols to God, to serve the true and living God

Isaiah 14:1

The Lord will once again be merciful to his people Israel and choose them as his own. He will let them live in their own land again, and foreigners will come and live there with them.

Acts 21:13

But he answered, “What are you doing, crying like this and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be tied up in Jerusalem but even to die there for the sake of the Lord Jesus.”

Hosea 13:4

The Lord says, “I am the Lord your God, who led you out of Egypt. You have no God but me. I alone am your savior.

Daniel 2:47

The king said, “Your God is the greatest of all gods, the Lord over kings, and the one who reveals mysteries. I know this because you have been able to explain this mystery.”

Revelation 14:4

They are the men who have kept themselves pure by not having sexual relations with women; they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed from the rest of the human race and are the first ones to be offered to God and to the Lamb.

Joshua 24:18

As we advanced into this land, the Lord drove out all the Amorites who lived here. So we also will serve the Lord; he is our God.”

Daniel 4:37

“And now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, honor, and glorify the King of Heaven. Everything he does is right and just, and he can humble anyone who acts proudly.”

Daniel 3:29

“And now I command that if anyone of any nation, race, or language speaks disrespectfully of the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, he is to be torn limb from limb, and his house is to be made a pile of ruins. There is no other god who can rescue like this.”

Ruth 1:15

So Naomi said to her, “Ruth, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god. Go back home with her.”

Ruth 1:17

Wherever you die, I will die, and that is where I will be buried. May the Lord's worst punishment come upon me if I let anything but death separate me from you!”

Ruth 4:15

Your daughter-in-law loves you, and has done more for you than seven sons. And now she has given you a grandson, who will bring new life to you and give you security in your old age.”

Proverbs 17:17

Friends always show their love. What are relatives for if not to share trouble?

Ruth 2:6

The man answered, “She is the foreigner who came back from Moab with Naomi.

Zechariah 8:23

In those days ten foreigners will come to one Jew and say, ‘We want to share in your destiny, because we have heard that God is with you.’”