Ruth 4:10

New American Bible - revised edition

I also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the widow of Mahlon, as my wife, in order to raise up a family for her late husband on his estate, so that the name of the deceased may not perish from his people and his place. Do you witness this today?”

Cross References

Deuteronomy 25:6

The firstborn son she bears shall continue the name of the deceased brother, that his name may not be blotted out from Israel.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the church and handed himself over for her

Hebrews 13:4

Let marriage be honored among all and the marriage bed be kept undefiled, for God will judge the immoral and adulterers.

Malachi 2:14

And you say, “Why?”— Because the Lord is witness between you and the wife of your youth With whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion, your covenanted wife.

Zechariah 13:2

On that day—oracle of the Lord of hosts—I will destroy the names of the idols from the land, so that they will be mentioned no more; I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness from the land.

Hosea 12:12

In Gilead is falsehood, they have come to nothing; in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls, But their altars are like heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.

Hosea 3:2

So I acquired her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.

Isaiah 48:19

Your descendants like the sand, the offspring of your loins like its grains, Their name never cut off or blotted out from my presence.

Proverbs 19:14

Home and possessions are an inheritance from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.

Proverbs 18:22

To find a wife is to find happiness, a favor granted by the Lord.

Psalm 109:15

May their guilt be always before the Lord, till their memory is banished from the earth,

Psalm 34:16

The eyes of the Lord are directed toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry.

Joshua 7:9

When the Canaanites and the other inhabitants of the land hear of it, they will close in around us and efface our name from the earth. What will you do for your great name?”

Genesis 29:27

Finish the bridal week for this one, and then the other will also be given to you in return for another seven years of service with me.”

Ruth 4:9

Boaz then said to the elders and to all the people, “You are witnesses today that I have acquired from Naomi all the holdings of Elimelech, Chilion and Mahlon.

Genesis 38:9

Onan, however, knew that the offspring would not be his; so whenever he had intercourse with his brother’s wife, he wasted his seed on the ground, to avoid giving offspring to his brother.