Ruth 1:8

New English Translation

Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Listen to me! Each of you should return to your mother’s home!May the Lord show youthe same kind of devotion that you have shown to your deceased husbands and to me!

Cross References

2 Samuel 2:6

Now may the Lord show you true kindness! I also will reward you, because you have done this deed.

Ephesians 5:22

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord,

Colossians 3:18

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Colossians 3:24

because you know that you will receive your inheritance from the Lord as the reward. Serve the Lord Christ.

Ruth 1:5

Then Naomi’s two sons, Mahlon and Kilion, also died. So the woman was left all alone – bereaved of her two children as well as her husband!

Ruth 1:7

Now as she and her two daughters-in-law began to leave the place where she had been living to return to the land of Judah,

Ruth 1:9

May the Lord enable each of you to find security in the home of a new husband!” Then she kissed them goodbye and they wept loudly.

Ruth 2:20

Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be rewarded by the Lord because he has shown loyalty to the living on behalf of the dead!” Then Naomi said to her, “This man is a close relative of ours; he is our guardian.”

Ruth 3:10

He said, “May you be rewarded by the Lord, my dear! This act of devotion is greater than what you did before. For you have not sought to marry one of the young men, whether rich or poor.