Ruth 1:20

New International Reader's Version

“Don’t call me Naomi,” she told them. “Call me Mara. The Mighty One has made my life very bitter.

Cross References

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him. He said, “I am the Mighty God. Walk faithfully with me. Live in a way that pleases me.

Genesis 43:14

May the Mighty God cause him to show you mercy. May the man let your other brother and Benjamin come back with you. And if I lose my sons, I lose them.”

Job 11:7

“Do you know how deep the mysteries of God are? Can you discover the limits of the Mighty One’s knowledge?

Job 19:6

Then I want you to know that God hasn’t treated me right. In fact, he has captured me in his net.

Job 5:17

“Blessed is the person God corrects. So don’t hate the Mighty One’s training.

Job 6:4

The Mighty One has shot me with his arrows. I have to drink their poison. God’s terrors are aimed at me.

Job 9:18

He wouldn’t let me catch my breath. He’d make my life very bitter.

Psalm 73:14

Day after day I’ve been in pain. God has punished me in a new way every morning.

Psalm 88:15

I’ve been in pain ever since I was young. I’ve been close to death. You have made me suffer terrible things. I have lost all hope.

Exodus 15:23

When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink its water. It was bitter. That’s why the place is named Marah.

Exodus 6:3

I appeared to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as the Mighty God. But I did not show them the full meaning of my name, The Lord.

Isaiah 38:13

I waited patiently until sunrise. But like a lion you broke all my bones. In a short period of time you have brought my life to an end.

Hebrews 12:11

No training seems pleasant at the time. In fact, it seems painful. But later on it produces a harvest of godliness and peace. It does this for those who have been trained by it.

Revelation 1:8

“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord God. “I am the God who is, and who was, and who will come. I am the Mighty One.”

Revelation 21:22

I didn’t see a temple in the city. That’s because the Lamb and the Lord God who rules over all are its temple.