Ruth 1:16

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

But Ruth said, “Don’t force me to leave you! Don’t force me to go back to my own people. Let me go with you. Wherever you go, I will go. Wherever you sleep, I will sleep. Your people will be my people. Your God will be my God.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:21

But Ittai answered the king, “As the Lord lives, and as long as you live, I will stay with you, in life or death!”

Psalm 45:10

My lady, listen to me. Listen carefully and understand me. Forget your people and your father’s family,

Matthew 8:19

Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you any place you go.”

John 13:37

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

1 Thessalonians 1:9

People everywhere are already telling the story about the good way you accepted us when we were there with you. They tell about how you stopped worshiping idols and changed to serve the living and true God.

Isaiah 14:1

The Lord will again show his love to Jacob. He will again choose the people of Israel. He will give them their land. Then the non-Israelites will join the Israelites, and both will become one family—Jacob’s family.

Acts 21:13

But he said, “Why are you crying and making me feel so sad? I am willing to be put in jail in Jerusalem. I am even ready to die for the name of the Lord Jesus!”

Hosea 13:4

“I have been the Lord your God since the time you were in the land of Egypt. You did not know any other god except me. I am the one who saved you.

Daniel 2:47

Then the king said to Daniel, “I know for sure your God is the God over all gods and the Lord over all kings. He tells people about things they cannot know. I know this is true because you were able to tell these secret things to me.”

Revelation 14:4

These are the ones who did not do sinful things with women. They kept themselves pure. Now they follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were bought from among the people of the earth as the first to be offered to God and the Lamb.

Joshua 24:18

The Lord helped us defeat the people living in these lands. He helped us defeat the Amorites who lived in this land where we are now. So we will continue to serve the Lord, because he is our God.”

Daniel 4:37

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give praise, honor, and glory to the King of Heaven. Everything he does is right. He is always fair, and he is able to make proud people humble!

Daniel 3:29

So I now make this law: Anyone from any nation or language group who says anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces, and their house will be destroyed until it is a pile of dirt and ashes. No other god can save his people like this.”

Ruth 1:15

Naomi said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her own people and her own gods. You should do the same.”

Ruth 1:17

Where you die, I will die, and that is where I will be buried. I ask the Lord to punish me if I don’t keep this promise: Only death will separate us.”

Ruth 4:15

He will make you alive again and care for you in your old age. Your daughter-in-law made it happen because she bore this child for you. She loves you, and she is better for you than seven sons.”

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loves you all the time, but a brother was born to help in times of trouble.

Ruth 2:6

The servant answered, “She is the Moabite woman who came with Naomi from the country of Moab.

Zechariah 8:23

The Lord All-Powerful says, “At that time many foreigners speaking different languages will come to a Jewish man, take hold of the hem of his robe, and ask, ‘We heard that God is with you. Can we come with you to worship him?’”