Ruth 3 Cross References - LITV

¹ And her mother-in-law Naomi said to her, My daughter, do I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you? ² And now, is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose young women you have been? Behold, he is winnowing the threshing floor of barley tonight. ³ And you shall bathe, and anoint yourself, and put your garments on you, and go down to the threshing floor. Do not let yourself be known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking. ⁴ And it shall be, when he lies down, you shall note the place where he lies down, and shall go in and uncover his feet, and lie down And he will tell you that which you are to do. ⁵ And she 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 commanded her. ⁷ And Boaz ate and drank, and his heart felt good. And he went to lie down at the end of the heap. And she came secretly and uncovered his feet, and lay down. ⁸ And it happened in the middle of the night, that the man trembled and turned himself. And, behold, a woman was lying at his feet! ⁹ And he said, Who are you? And she said, I am your handmaid Ruth, and you shall spread your skirt over your handmaid, for you are a kinsman redeemer. ¹⁰ And he said, Blessed be you of Jehovah, my daughter. You have dealt more kindly at the latter end than at the beginning, not to go after the young men, either poor or rich. ¹¹ And now, my daughter, do not fear. All that you say I will do to you, for all the gate of my people know that you are an able woman. ¹² And now, surely it is true that I am a kinsman redeemer. But there also is a redeemer nearer than I. ¹³ Stay tonight, and it shall be in the morning, if he will redeem you, well; he will redeem. And if he does not delight to redeem you, as Jehovah lives, then I will redeem you. Lie down until the morning. ¹⁴ And she lay at his feet until the morning, and rose up before one could discern another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman has come to the grain floor. ¹⁵ And he said, Give me the covering which is on you, and hold on to it. And she kept hold on it, and he measured six measures of barley, and lay it on her. And she went in to the city. ¹⁶ And she came in to her mother-in-law. And she said, Who are you, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. ¹⁷ And she said, He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said You shall not go empty to your mother-in-law. ¹⁸ And she said, Sit, my daughter, until you shall know how the matter falls, for the man shall not rest until he has finished the matter today.

¹⁴ But make mention of me along with yourself, when it is well with you; and please do kindness with me and mention me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house.

⁴⁰ And you shall keep His statutes and His commandments which I am commanding you today, so that it maybe well with you, and with your sons after you, and so that you may prolong your days on the earth, which Jehovah our God is giving to you all the days.

⁹ May Jehovah grant to you that you find rest, each in the house of her husband. And she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice and wept.

² For you shall surely eat the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and all is good to you.

¹⁵ Do you reign because you lust to excel in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well for him. ¹⁶ He judged the cause of the poor and needy, then it was well. Was this not to know Me, says Jehovah?

³⁶ But if anyone thinks it behaving indecently toward his virginity (if he is beyond his prime, and so it ought to be), let him do what he desires; he does not sin; let them marry.

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

¹⁴ Therefore, I desire the young women to marry, to bear children, to rule the house, giving no occasion to the adversary on account of reproach.

⁵ If brothers live together, and one of them dies, and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not go outside to a strange man; her brother-in-law shall go in to her, and take her to himself for a wife, and shall perform the duty of the levirate; ⁶ and it shall be, the first-born which she bears shall rise up for his dead brother's name, and his name shall not be wiped out of Israel. ⁷ And if the man does not desire to take his brother's wife then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate, to the elders, and say, My husband's brother is refusing to raise up a name to his brother in Israel; he has not been willing to perform the duty of my levirate. ⁸ And the elders of his city shall call for him and shall speak to him. And he shall stand and say, I have no desire to take her. ⁹ Then his brother's wife shall draw near to him before the elders, and shall take his shoe from his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So it shall be done to the man who will not build up the house of his brother. ¹⁰ And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him whose shoe was taken off.

¹ And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband, a mighty man of the family of Elimelech. And his name was Boaz.

⁸ And Boaz said to Ruth, Do you not hear, my daughter? Do not go to glean another field, and also do not pass through this. And you shall stay close to my young women.

²⁰ And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed is he of Jehovah who has not forsaken his kindness with the living and with the dead. And Naomi said to her, The man is near of kin to us; he is of our redeemers. ²¹ And Ruth of Moab said, And he surely said to me, You shall stay close, near to the young men whom I have, until they have completed the whole harvest which I have. ²² And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, Good, my daughter, that you go out with his young women, and that men may not attack you in another field. ²³ And she stayed close to the young women of Boaz to glean, until the end of the barley harvest, and of the wheat harvest. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

¹¹ For both He sanctifying and the ones being sanctified are all of one; for which cause He is not ashamed to call them brothers, ¹² saying, I will announce Your name to My brothers; I will hymn to You in the midst of the assembly." Psa. 22:22 ¹³ And again, "I will be trusting on Him." Isa. 8:17 And again, "Behold, I and the children whom God gave to Me." Isa. 8:18 ¹⁴ Since, then, the children have partaken of flesh and blood, in like manner He Himself also shared the same things, that through death He might cause to cease the one having the power of death, (that is, the Devil);

² And Joab sent to Tekoah and took a wise woman from there, and said to her, Pretend yourself to be a mourner now, and please put on garments of mourning. And do not anoint yourself with oil, and you shall be a woman mourning for the dead these many days.

¹ {cf9 : And it happened on the third day that Esther put on royal clothing and stood in the inner court of the king's house, before the king's inner house. And the king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal house, in front of the gate of the house.}

¹⁵ And wine cheers the heart of man; oil makes his face shine, and bread sustains the heart of man.

⁸ Let your garments be white at every time; and let your head lack no ointment.

¹⁷ But you in fasting, anoint your head and wash your face,

⁹ So also the women to adorn themselves in proper clothing, with modesty and sensibleness, not with plaiting, or gold, or pearls, or expensive garments, ¹⁰ but what becomes women professing fear of God, through good works.

²² Keep back from every appearance of evil.

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

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

¹² Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long on the land which Jehovah your God is giving to you.

⁸ My son, hear your father's instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother;

⁵ His mother said to the servants, Whatever He says to you, do.

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

³⁴ And one carried portions from before him to them, and Benjamin's portion was greater than the portions of all of them, five hands. And they drank and were drunken with him.

²⁵ And it happened when their heart felt good, they said, Call for Samson, and he shall entertain us. And they called for Samson from the prison house. And he entertained them. And they made him stand between the pillars.

⁶ And they sat and ate both of them together, and drank. And the young woman's father said to the man, Please be content and stay all night, and let your heart be good.

⁹ And the man rose to go, he and his concubine, and his young man. And his father-in-law, the young woman's father, said to him, Please notice that the day has faded toward evening. Please stay the night. Behold, the day is declining. Stay here, and let your heart be good, and you shall rise early tomorrow for your journey. And you shall go to your tent.

²² They were making their hearts merry. And, behold, men of the city, sons of worthless men, went around the house, beating on the door. And they spoke to the old man, the house-master, saying, Bring out the man who has come into your house, and we shall know him.

²⁸ And Absalom commanded his young men, saying, Now watch when Amnon's heart is glad with wine, and when I say to you, Strike Amnon, you shall kill him. Do not fear. Did not I command you? Be strong, and be valiant.

⁷ And his wife Jezebel said to him, Do you now rule over Israel? Rise up, eat food and let your heart be good. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

¹⁰ In the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he said to Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who served before the face of Ahasuerus the king,

²⁴ Is it not good that he should eat and drink and make his soul see good in his labor? This I also saw, that it was from the hand of God.

¹² I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice to do good in his life. ¹³ And also every man that eats and drinks, and sees good in his labor, it is the gift of God.

¹⁵ Then I praised mirth, because nothing is good for man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be glad. For that shall go with him in his labor for the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

⁷ Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God now is pleased with your works.

¹⁹ Bread is made for laughter, and wine gladdens life; but silver answers all things .

³¹ Then whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all things to the glory of God.

¹⁸ And "do not be drunk with wine," in which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit, Prov. 23:31

¹⁰ And she fell on her face and bowed to the earth, and said to him, Why have I found grace in your eyes, that you should notice me, and I a foreigner? ¹¹ And Boaz answered and said to her, It has been fully revealed to me all that you have done with your mother-in-law after the death of your husband. And you left your father and your mother, and the land of your birth, and came to a people which you had not known before. ¹² Jehovah shall repay your work, and your reward shall be complete from Jehovah the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge. ¹³ And she said, Let me find grace in your eyes, my lord, because you have comforted me, and because you have spoken to the heart of your handmaid. And I surely am not as one of your handmaids.

²⁰ And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed is he of Jehovah who has not forsaken his kindness with the living and with the dead. And Naomi said to her, The man is near of kin to us; he is of our redeemers.

¹² And now, surely it is true that I am a kinsman redeemer. But there also is a redeemer nearer than I.

⁴¹ And she rose up and bowed her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let your handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

⁸ And I passed by you, and I looked on you, and, behold, your time was the time of love. And I spread My skirt over you and covered your nakedness. And I swore to you and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord Jehovah. And you became Mine.

¹¹ For everyone exalting himself will be humbled, and the one humbling himself will be exalted.

⁸ And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go, each return to the house of her mother. May Jehovah deal kindly with you, as you have done with the dead, and with me.

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

⁴ Love has patience, is kind; love is not envious; love is not vain, is not puffed up; ⁵ does not behave indecently, does not pursue its own things, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil;

⁴ A woman of virtue is a crown to her lord, but one causing shame is like rottenness in his bones.

¹⁰ Who can find an able woman? For her value is far above jewels.

²⁹ Many are the daughters who work ably, but you rise above them all! ³⁰ Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears Jehovah, she shall be praised. ³¹ Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates.

¹ And Boaz went up to the gate and sat there. And, behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz had spoken was passing by. And he said, Such a one, turn aside, sit down. And he turned aside and sat down.

¹² Therefore, all things, whatever you desire that men should do to you, so also you should do to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets.

⁶ not to go beyond and to overreach his brother in the matter, because the avenger concerning all these is the Lord, even as we told you before, and solemnly testified.

⁵ If brothers live together, and one of them dies, and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not go outside to a strange man; her brother-in-law shall go in to her, and take her to himself for a wife, and shall perform the duty of the levirate; ⁶ and it shall be, the first-born which she bears shall rise up for his dead brother's name, and his name shall not be wiped out of Israel. ⁷ And if the man does not desire to take his brother's wife then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate, to the elders, and say, My husband's brother is refusing to raise up a name to his brother in Israel; he has not been willing to perform the duty of my levirate. ⁸ And the elders of his city shall call for him and shall speak to him. And he shall stand and say, I have no desire to take her. ⁹ Then his brother's wife shall draw near to him before the elders, and shall take his shoe from his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So it shall be done to the man who will not build up the house of his brother.

¹⁹ And he said, They were my brothers, sons of my mother. As Jehovah lives, if you had kept them alive, I would not have killed you.

⁵ And Boaz said, In the day you buy the field from Naomi's hand, even you have bought from Ruth of Moab, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead over his inheritance.

² and you will swear, As Jehovah lives, in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; even the nations shall bless themselves in Him, and in Him they will glory.

²⁴ saying, Teacher, Moses said, If any should die not having children, his brother shall marry his wife, and shall raise up seed to his brother. Deut. 25:5 ²⁵ And seven brothers were with us. And having married, the first expired, and not having seed left his wife to his brother. ²⁶ In the same way also the second, and the third, until the seven. ²⁷ And last of all, the woman also died.

²³ And I call God as witness to my soul that to spare you I came no more to Corinth.

¹⁶ For men indeed swear by the greater, and an oath to make things sure is to them the end of all gainsaying.

¹ A good name is better than good ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

¹⁷ Repay no one evil for evil, having provided right things before all men. Prov. 3:4

¹⁶ Then do not let your good be spoken evil of.

³² Be without offense both to Jews and Greeks, and to the church of God.

²¹ providing right things not only before the Lord, but also before men. Prov. 3:4

¹² having your behavior good among the nations, in that which they speak against you as evildoers; by observing your good works, they may glorify God in a day of visitation.

⁸ But the noble one devises noble things; and he shall rise by noble things.

¹⁰ So then, as we have time, let us work good toward all, and especially toward the household of the faith.

³ Trust in Jehovah and do good; live in the land and feed on faithfulness. ⁴ And delight yourself in Jehovah, that He may give you your heart's desire. ⁵ Roll your way on Jehovah, and trust in Him; and He will work.

¹⁶ So, the Lord Jehovah says this: Behold, I place in Zion a Stone for a foundation, a tried Stone, a precious Cornerstone, a sure Foundation; he who believes shall not hurry.

⁷ And Egypt; vainly and emptily they help. So I have called to this: Their strength is to sit still.