Ruth 3 Cross References - CAB

¹ And she lodged with her mother-in-law. And Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you? ² And now is not Boaz our kinsman, with whose young women you were with? Behold, he winnows barley this night in the floor. ³ But wash, and anoint yourself, and put your best clothing on, and go up to the threshing floor — do not make yourself known to the man until he has done eating and drinking. ⁴ And it shall come to pass when he lies down, that you shall mark the place where he lies down, and shall come and lift up the covering of his feet, and shall lie down; and he shall tell you what you shall do. ⁵ And Ruth said to her, All that you say, I will do. ⁶ And she went down to the threshing floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law instructed her. ⁷ And Boaz ate and drank, and his heart was glad, and he came to lie down by the side of the heap of grain; and she came secretly, and lifted up the covering of his feet. ⁸ And it came to pass at midnight that the man was amazed, and troubled, and behold, a woman lay at his feet. ⁹ And he said, Who are you? And she said, I am your maidservant Ruth; spread your skirt over your maidservant, for you are a close relative. ¹⁰ And Boaz said, Blessed are you of the Lord God, my daughter, for you have made your latter kindness greater than the former, in that you followed not after young men, whether any be poor or rich. ¹¹ And now fear not, my daughter, whatever you shall say I will do for you; for all the tribe of my people knows that you are a virtuous woman. ¹² And now I am truly a relative to you; nevertheless there is a relative closer than I. ¹³ Lodge here for the night, and it shall be in the morning, if he will perform the duty of a close relative for you — good, let him do it. But if he will not perform the duty of a close relative for you, then I will perform the relative's duty for you, as the Lord lives; lie down till the morning. ¹⁴ And she laid at his feet until the morning; and she rose up before a man could recognize his neighbor; and Boaz said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the threshing floor. ¹⁵ And he said to her, Bring the apron that is upon you. And she held it, and he measured six measures of barley, and put them upon her, and she went into the city. ¹⁶ And Ruth went in to her mother-in-law, and she said to her, My daughter! And Ruth told her all that the man had done for her. ¹⁷ And she said to her, He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said to me, Go not empty to your mother-in-law. ¹⁸ And she said, Sit still, my daughter, until you shall know how the matter will fall out; for the man will not rest until the matter is resolved this day.

¹⁴ But remember me when it is well with you, and you shall deal mercifully with me, and you shall make mention of me to Pharaoh, and you shall bring me forth out of this dungeon.

³⁴ And they took their portions from him to themselves; but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as the portions of the others. And they drank and were merry with him.

¹² Honor your father and your mother, that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the good land, which the Lord your God gives to you.

⁴⁰ And keep His commandments and His statutes, all that I command you this day; that it may be well with you, and with your sons after you, that you may be long-lived upon the earth, which the Lord your God is giving you forever.

⁵ And if brothers should live together, and one of them should die, and should not have seed, the wife of the deceased shall not marry out of the family to a man not related: her husband's brother shall go in to her, and shall take her to himself for a wife, and shall dwell with her.

⁵ And if brothers should live together, and one of them should die, and should not have seed, the wife of the deceased shall not marry out of the family to a man not related: her husband's brother shall go in to her, and shall take her to himself for a wife, and shall dwell with her. ⁶ And it shall come to pass that the child which she shall bear, shall be named by the name of the deceased, and his name shall not be blotted out of Israel.

⁶ And it shall come to pass that the child which she shall bear, shall be named by the name of the deceased, and his name shall not be blotted out of Israel. ⁷ And if the man should not be willing to take his brother's wife, then shall the woman go up to the gate to the elders, and she shall say, My husband's brother will not raise up the name of his brother in Israel, my husband's brother has refused.

⁷ And if the man should not be willing to take his brother's wife, then shall the woman go up to the gate to the elders, and she shall say, My husband's brother will not raise up the name of his brother in Israel, my husband's brother has refused. ⁸ And the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him; and if he stand and say, I will not take her,

⁸ And the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him; and if he stand and say, I will not take her, ⁹ then his brother's wife shall come forward before the elders, and shall loose one shoe from off his foot, and shall spit in his face, and shall answer and say, Thus shall they do to the man who will not build his brother's house in Israel.

⁹ then his brother's wife shall come forward before the elders, and shall loose one shoe from off his foot, and shall spit in his face, and shall answer and say, Thus shall they do to the man who will not build his brother's house in Israel. ¹⁰ And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that has had his shoe loosed.

¹⁹ And Gideon said, They were my brothers and the sons of my mother: as the Lord lives, if you had preserved them alive, I would not have slain you.

²⁵ And when their heart was merry, then they said, Call Sampson out of the prison house, and let him play before us. And they called Sampson out of the prison house, and he played before them; and they struck him with the palms of their hands, and set him between the pillars.

⁶ So they two sat down together and ate and drank. And the father of the young woman said to her husband, Now stay the night, and let your heart be merry.

⁹ And the man rose up to depart, he and his concubine, and his young man. But his father in law, the father of the young woman said to him, Behold now, the day has declined toward evening; lodge here, and let your heart rejoice; and you shall rise early tomorrow for your journey, and you shall go to your home.

²² And they were comforting their heart, when behold, the men of the city, sons of transgressors, surrounded the house, knocking at the door. And they spoke to the old man, the owner of the house, saying, Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may know him.

⁸ And Naomi said to her daughters-in-law, Go now, return each to the house of her mother: the Lord deal mercifully with you, as you have dealt with the dead, and with me. ⁹ The Lord grant you that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. And she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

¹ And Naomi had a friend, an acquaintance of her husband, and the man was a mighty man of the kindred of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.

⁴ And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, The Lord be with you. And they said to him, The Lord bless you.

⁸ And Boaz said to Ruth, Have you not heard, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field; and do not depart from here, but join yourself here with my young women.

¹⁰ And she fell upon her face, and bowed down to the ground, and said to him, How is it that I have found grace in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, seeing that I am a stranger? ¹¹ And Boaz answered and said to her, It has fully been told to me how you have dealt with your mother-in-law after the death of your husband, and how you left your father and your mother, and the land of your birth, and came to a people whom you knew not before. ¹² The Lord recompense your work; may a full reward be given you of the Lord God of Israel, to whom you have come to trust under His wings. ¹³ And she said, Let me find grace in your sight, my lord, because you have comforted me, and because you have spoken kindly to your maidservant, and behold, I shall be as one of your servants.

²⁰ And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed is he of the Lord, because He has not failed in His mercy with the living and the dead. And Naomi said to her, This man is our relative, and is one of our relations.

²⁰ And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed is he of the Lord, because He has not failed in His mercy with the living and the dead. And Naomi said to her, This man is our relative, and is one of our relations. ²¹ And Ruth said to her mother-in-law, Yes, he also said to me, Keep close to my young women, until the men shall have finished all my reaping. ²² And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is well, daughter, that you went out with his young women; thus they shall not meet you in another field. ²³ And Ruth joined herself to the young women of Boaz, to glean until they had finished the barley harvest and the wheat harvest.

¹² And now I am truly a relative to you; nevertheless there is a relative closer than I.

¹ And Boaz went up to the gate, and sat there. And behold, the relative passed by, of whom Boaz spoke. And Boaz said to him, Turn aside, and sit down here. And he turned aside and sat down.

⁵ And Boaz said, On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi and of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the deceased, you must also buy her, so as to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

⁴¹ And she arose, and bowed down with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, your servant is for a handmaid, to wash the feet of your servants.

²⁸ And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Take notice when the heart of Amnon shall be merry with wine, and I shall say to you, Smite Amnon, and kill him: fear not; for is it not I that command you? Be courageous, and be valiant.

² And Joab sent to Tekoa, and took from there a cunning woman, and said to her, Mourn, and put on mourning apparel, and anoint yourself not with oil, and you shall be as a woman mourning for one that is dead thus for many days.

⁷ And Jezebel his wife said to him, Do you now thus act this way, being king over Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and be your own master, and I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

¹⁰ Now on the seventh day the king, being merry, told Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Zethar, Abagtha, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs, servants of King Artaxerxes,

¹ And it came to pass on the third day, when she had ceased praying, that she put off her mean dress, and put on her glorious apparel. And being splendidly arrayed, and having called upon God the Overseer and Preserver of all things, she took her two maids, and she leaned upon one, as a delicate female, and the other followed bearing her train. And she was blooming in the perfection of her beauty; and her face was cheerful and benevolent, but her heart was straitened for fear. And having passed through all the doors, she stood before the king. And he was sitting upon his royal throne, and he had put on all his glorious apparel, covered all over with gold and precious stones, and was very terrible. And having raised his face resplendent with glory, he looked with intense anger. And the queen fell, and changed her color as she fainted; and she bowed herself upon the head of the maid that went before her. But God changed the spirit of the king's gentleness, and in intense feeling he sprang from off his throne, and took her into his arms, until she recovered. And he comforted her with peaceable words, and said to her, What is the matter, Esther? I am your brother; be of good cheer, you shall not die, for our command is openly declared to you; Draw near.

³ Hope in the Lord, and do good; and dwell on the land, and you shall be fed with the wealth of it. ⁴ Delight yourself in the Lord, and He shall grant you the desires of your heart. ⁵ Disclose Your way to the Lord, and trust in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.

¹⁵ and wine makes glad the heart of man, to make his face cheerful with oil; and bread strengthens man's heart.

² You shall eat the labors of your hands. Blessed are you, and it shall be well with you.

⁸ Hear, my son, the instruction of your father, and reject not the rules of your mother.

⁴ A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, but as a worm in wood, so a bad woman destroys her husband.

¹⁰ Who shall find a virtuous woman? For such a one is more valuable than precious stones.

²⁹ Many daughters have obtained wealth, many have wrought valiantly, but you have exceeded, you have surpassed all. ³⁰ Charms are false, and woman's beauty is vain: for it is a wise woman that is blessed, and let her praise the fear the Lord. ³¹ Give her of the fruit of her lips; and let her husband be praised in the gates.

²⁴ A man has nothing good to eat, and to drink, and to show his soul as good in his trouble. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

¹² I know that there is no good in them, except for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. ¹³ Also, every man who shall eat and drink, and see good in all his labor, this is a gift of God.

¹ A good name is better than good oil; and the day of death than the day of birth.

¹⁵ Then I praised mirth, because there is no good for a man under the sun, but to eat, and drink, and be merry. And this shall attend him in his labor all the days of his life, which God has given him under the sun.

⁷ Go, eat your bread with mirth, and drink your wine with a joyful heart; for now God has favorably accepted your works. ⁸ Let your garments be always white; and let not oil be lacking on your head.

¹⁹ Men prepare bread for laughter, and wine and oil that the living should rejoice; but to money all things will humbly yield obedience.

¹⁶ Therefore thus says the Lord, even the Lord, Behold, I lay for the foundations of Zion a costly stone, a choice cornerstone and precious, for its foundations; and he that believes on Him shall by no means be ashamed.

⁷ The Egyptians shall help you utterly in vain; tell them, This your consolation is vain.

⁸ But the godly have devised wise measures, and this counsel shall stand.

² The Lord lives, with truth, in judgment and righteousness, then shall nations bless by him, and by him they shall praise God in Jerusalem.

¹⁵ Shall you reign because you are provoked with your father Ahaz? They shall not eat, and they shall not drink: it is better for you to execute justice and righteousness. ¹⁶ They understood not, they judged not the cause of the afflicted, nor the cause of the poor — is not this your not knowing Me? Says the Lord.

⁸ And I passed by you and saw you, and behold, it was your time and a time of resting; and I spread My wings over you, and covered your shame, and swore an oath to you; and I entered into covenant with you, says the Lord, and you became Mine.

¹⁷ But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

¹² Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, thus also you do to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

²⁴ saying: "Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife as next of kin, and shall raise up offspring for his brother. ²⁵ Now there were with us seven brothers. The first died, after having married, and having no offspring, he left his wife to his brother. ²⁶ Likewise the second also, and the third, up to the seventh. ²⁷ Last of all the woman died also.

¹¹ For everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted."

⁵ His mother said to the servants, "Whatever He may say to you, do."

¹⁴ You are My friends if you do what I command you.

¹⁷ Repay no one evil for evil; providing that which is good before all men.

¹⁶ Therefore do not let your good be slandered.

³⁶ But if any man thinks he is behaving improperly toward his virgin, if she is past her prime, and thus it must be, let him do what he desires. He does not sin; let them marry.

³¹ Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God. ³² Be without offense, both toward Jews and toward Greeks, and toward the church of God,

⁴ Love is patient, love is kind; love does not envy; love does not boast, is not puffed up; ⁵ does not behave disgracefully, does not seek its own, is not provoked to anger, thinks no evil;

²³ Moreover I call upon God as a witness against my soul, that in order to spare you, I came no more to Corinth.

²¹ having regard for honorable things, not only before the Lord, but also before men.

¹⁰ So then, as we have opportunity, let us work what is good toward all, but especially toward those who are of the household of faith.

¹⁸ And do not get drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,

¹ Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

²⁰ Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing in the Lord.

⁶ that no one should transgress against and to defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is the avenger concerning all, just as we told you before and solemnly testified.

²² Abstain from every form of evil.

⁹ Likewise also that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and discretion, not with braids or gold or pearls or expensive clothing, ¹⁰ but which is fitting for women professing godliness, by means of good works.

⁸ But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

¹⁴ Therefore I desire that the younger widows to marry, to bear children, to manage the house, to give no opportunity to the adversary because of reproach.

¹¹ For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brothers, ¹² saying: "I will declare Your name to My brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing praise to You." ¹³ And again: "I will put My trust in Him." And again: "Behold I and the children to whom God has given Me." ¹⁴ Therefore since the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same things, in order that through death He might destroy the one having the power of death, that is, the devil,

¹⁶ For men indeed swear by the greater, and the oath for confirmation is an end of every dispute to them.

¹² having your manner of life noble among the Gentiles, so that, whenever they speak against you as evildoers, when they observe the good works, they may glorify God in the day of visitation.