Ruth 4:10

Modern English Version

Moreover I have also acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, to be my wife, in order to preserve the name of the deceased man for his inheritance, so that his name will not be cut off from among his brothers or from his town. You are witnesses this day.”

Cross References

Genesis 29:27

Fulfill the period of seven days for this one, and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven years.”

Genesis 38:9

But Onan knew that the descendant would not be his, so when he had relations with his brother’s wife, he let his semen go on the ground, so that he would not give a descendant to his brother.

Psalm 109:15

Let them be before the Lord continually, that He may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

Psalm 34:16

The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

Proverbs 18:22

He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the Lord.

Proverbs 19:14

House and wealth are the inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.

Isaiah 48:19

Your descendants also would have been as the sand and your offspring like grains of sand; their name would not have been cut off nor destroyed from before Me.

Hosea 12:12

Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

Hosea 3:2

So I purchased her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver, and for a homer of barley, and a half homer of barley.

Zechariah 13:2

And on that day, says the Lord of Hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will not be remembered any more. And I will also remove from the land the prophets and the unclean spirit.

Malachi 2:14

Yet you say, “Why?” It is because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously. Yet she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for it,

Deuteronomy 25:6

It shall be, that the firstborn whom she bears shall continue in the name of his brother who is deceased, so that his name will not be blotted out of Israel.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage is to be honored among everyone, and the bed undefiled. But God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Joshua 7:9

The Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land may hear, turn on us, and cut off our name from the earth. What will You do for Your great name?”

Ruth 4:9

Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I have bought everything that belonged to Elimelek, Kilion, and Mahlon from Naomi.