Ruth 1:15

Good News Translation

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.”

Cross References

2 Kings 2:2

and on the way Elijah said to Elisha, “Now stay here; the Lord has ordered me to go to Bethel.” But Elisha answered, “I swear by my loyalty to the living Lord and to you that I will not leave you.” So they went on to Bethel.

Psalm 125:5

But when you punish the wicked, punish also those who abandon your ways. Peace be with Israel!

Psalm 36:3

Their speech is wicked and full of lies; they no longer do what is wise and good.

Zephaniah 1:6

I will destroy those who have turned back and no longer follow me, those who do not come to me or ask me to guide them.”

Numbers 10:30

Hobab answered, “No, I am going back to my native land.”

Luke 24:28

As they came near the village to which they were going, Jesus acted as if he were going farther;

Hebrews 10:38

My righteous people, however, will believe and live; but if any of them turns back, I will not be pleased with them.”

Joshua 24:15

If you are not willing to serve him, decide today whom you will serve, the gods your ancestors worshiped in Mesopotamia or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living. As for my family and me, we will serve the Lord.”

Joshua 24:19

Joshua said to the people, “But you may not be able to serve the Lord. He is a holy God and will not forgive your sins. He will tolerate no rivals,

1 John 2:19

These people really did not belong to our fellowship, and that is why they left us; if they had belonged to our fellowship, they would have stayed with us. But they left so that it might be clear that none of them really belonged to us.

Judges 11:24

Are you going to try to take it back? You can keep whatever your god Chemosh has given you. But we are going to keep everything that the Lord, our God, has taken for us.

Ruth 1:14

Again they started crying. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye and went back home, but Ruth held on to her.

Ruth 1:16

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.