Ruth 1:15

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So she said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.”

Cross References

2 Kings 2:2

Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

Psalm 125:5

But those who turn aside to their own crooked ways, the Lord will lead away with evildoers. Peace be upon Israel!

Psalm 36:3

The words of their mouths are mischief and deceit; they have ceased to act wisely and do good.

Zephaniah 1:6

those who have turned back from following the Lord, who have not sought the Lord or inquired of him.

Numbers 10:30

But he said to him, “I will not go, but I will go back to my own land and to my kindred.”

Luke 24:28

As they came near the village to which they were going, he walked ahead as if he were going on.

Hebrews 10:38

but my righteous one will live by faith. My soul takes no pleasure in anyone who shrinks back.”

Joshua 24:15

Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living, but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

Joshua 24:19

But Joshua said to the people, “You cannot serve the Lord, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.

1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they did not belong to us, for if they had belonged to us they would have remained with us. But by going out they made it plain that none of them belongs to us.

Judges 11:24

Should you not possess what your god Chemosh gives you to possess? And should we not be the ones to possess everything that the Lord our God has conquered for our benefit?

Ruth 1:14

Then they wept aloud again. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.

Ruth 1:16

But Ruth said, “Do not press me to leave you, to turn back from following you! Where you go, I will go; where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.