Ruth 4:10

Good News Translation

In addition, Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon's widow, becomes my wife. This will keep the property in the dead man's family, and his family line will continue among his people and in his hometown. You are witnesses to this today.”

Cross References

Genesis 29:27

Wait until the week's marriage celebrations are over, and I will give you Rachel, if you will work for me another seven years.”

Genesis 38:9

But Onan knew that the children would not belong to him, so when he had intercourse with his brother's widow, he let the semen spill on the ground, so that there would be no children for his brother.

Psalm 109:15

May the Lord always remember their sins, but may they themselves be completely forgotten!

Psalm 34:16

but he opposes those who do evil, so that when they die, they are soon forgotten.

Proverbs 18:22

Find a wife and you find a good thing; it shows that the Lord is good to you.

Proverbs 19:14

A man can inherit a house and money from his parents, but only the Lord can give him a sensible wife.

Isaiah 48:19

Your descendants would be as numerous as grains of sand, and I would have made sure they were never destroyed.”

Hosea 12:12

Our ancestor Jacob had to flee to Mesopotamia, where, in order to get a wife, he worked for another man and took care of his sheep.

Hosea 3:2

So I paid fifteen pieces of silver and seven bushels of barley to buy her.

Zechariah 13:2

At that time I will remove the names of the idols from the land, and no one will remember them any more. I will get rid of anyone who claims to be a prophet and will take away the desire to worship idols.

Malachi 2:14

You ask why he no longer accepts them. It is because he knows you have broken your promise to the wife you married when you were young. She was your partner, and you have broken your promise to her, although you promised before God that you would be faithful to her.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it.

Deuteronomy 25:6

The first son that they have will be considered the son of the dead man, so that his family line will continue in Israel.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage is to be honored by all, and husbands and wives must be faithful to each other. God will judge those who are immoral and those who commit adultery.

Joshua 7:9

The Canaanites and everyone else in the country will hear about it. They will surround us and kill every one of us! And then what will you do to protect your honor?”

Ruth 4:9

Then Boaz said to the leaders and all the others there, “You are all witnesses today that I have bought from Naomi everything that belonged to Elimelech and to his sons Chilion and Mahlon.