Ruth 2:11

New English Translation

Boaz replied to her, “I have been given a full report of all that you have done for your mother-in-law following the death of your husband – how you left your father and your mother, as well as your homeland, and came to live among people you did not know previously.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:11

When David was told what Rizpah daughter of Aiah, Saul’s concubine, had done,

Psalm 45:10

Listen, O princess! Observe and pay attention! Forget your homeland and your family!

Luke 14:33

In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.

Luke 5:11

So when they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him.

Luke 5:23

Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’?

Ruth 1:11

But Naomi replied, “Go back home, my daughters! There is no reason for you to return to Judah with me! I am no longer capable of giving birth to sons who might become your husbands!

Ruth 2:10

Ruth knelt before him with her forehead to the ground and said to him, “Why are you so kind and so attentive to me, even though I am a foreigner?”

Ruth 2:12

May the Lord reward your efforts! May your acts of kindness be repaid fully by the Lord God of Israel, from whom you have sought protection!”

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.

Ruth 4:15

He will encourage you and provide for you when you are old, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, has given him birth. She is better to you than seven sons!”