Ruth 4:10

New Living Translation

And with the land I have acquired Ruth, the Moabite widow of Mahlon, to be my wife. This way she can have a son to carry on the family name of her dead husband and to inherit the family property here in his hometown. You are all witnesses today.”

Cross References

Genesis 29:27

“But wait until the bridal week is over; then we’ll give you Rachel, too—provided you promise to work another seven years for me.”

Genesis 38:9

But Onan was not willing to have a child who would not be his own heir. So whenever he had intercourse with his brother’s wife, he spilled the semen on the ground. This prevented her from having a child who would belong to his brother.

Psalm 109:15

May the Lord always remember these sins, and may his name disappear from human memory.

Psalm 34:16

But the Lord turns his face against those who do evil; he will erase their memory from the earth.

Proverbs 18:22

The man who finds a wife finds a treasure, and he receives favor from the Lord.

Proverbs 19:14

Fathers can give their sons an inheritance of houses and wealth, but only the Lord can give an understanding wife.

Isaiah 48:19

Your descendants would have been like the sands along the seashore— too many to count! There would have been no need for your destruction, or for cutting off your family name.”

Hosea 12:12

Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and there he earned a wife by tending sheep.

Hosea 3:2

So I bought her back for fifteen pieces of silver and five bushels of barley and a measure of wine.

Zechariah 13:2

“And on that day,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “I will erase idol worship throughout the land, so that even the names of the idols will be forgotten. I will remove from the land both the false prophets and the spirit of impurity that came with them.

Malachi 2:14

You cry out, “Why doesn’t the Lord accept my worship?” I’ll tell you why! Because the Lord witnessed the vows you and your wife made when you were young. But you have been unfaithful to her, though she remained your faithful partner, the wife of your marriage vows.

Ephesians 5:25

For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her

Deuteronomy 25:6

The first son she bears to him will be considered the son of the dead brother, so that his name will not be forgotten in Israel.

Hebrews 13:4

Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery.

Joshua 7:9

For when the Canaanites and all the other people living in the land hear about it, they will surround us and wipe our name off the face of the earth. And then what will happen to the honor of your great name?”

Ruth 4:9

Then Boaz said to the elders and to the crowd standing around, “You are witnesses that today I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelech, Kilion, and Mahlon.