Ruth 4:15

The Scriptures 2009

“And he shall be to you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him.”

Cross References

Genesis 45:11

“And I shall provide for you there, lest you and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty, because five years of scarcity of food are still to come.” ’

Genesis 47:12

And Yosĕph provided his father, and his brothers, and all his father’s household with bread for the mouth of the little ones.

Psalm 55:22

Cast your burden on יהוה, And let Him sustain you; He never allows the righteous to be shaken.

Proverbs 18:24

A man of many friends might come to ruin, But there is a Loving One Who sticks closer than a brother!

Isaiah 46:4

even to your old age, I am He, and even to grey hairs I carry! I have made and I bear, and I carry and rescue.

Ruth 4:16

And Na‛omi took the child and laid him on her bosom, and became a nurse to him.

1 Samuel 1:8

And her husband Elqanah said to her, “Ḥannah, why do you weep? Why do you not eat? And why is your heart sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

1 Samuel 2:5

“The satisfied have hired themselves out for bread, and the hungry have ceased. Even the barren has borne seven, and she who has many children pines away.