Ruth 3 Cross References - Thomson

¹ Then she abode at home with her mother in law. And Noemin her mother in law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek a rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? ² Now is not Boaz our relation, with whose girls thou hast been? Behold he is winnowing barley in the threshing floor. ³ This very night therefore thou shalt wash, and anoint thyself, and put on thy raiment, and go up to the threshing floor. But make not thyself known to the man till he hath done eating and drinking. ⁴ And when he goeth to rest, mark the place where he lieth down, and go and uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will tell thee what thou shalt do. ⁵ And Ruth said to her, All that thou hast ordered me I will do. ⁶ So she went up to the threshing floor, and did all that her mother in law commanded her. ⁷ And when Boaz had eaten, and drunk, and his heart was cheered, he went and lay down at the side of a heap of corn. Then she went in softly and uncovered his feet. ⁸ And in the middle of the night the man was astonished, and troubled, for lo! a woman was lying at his feet. ⁹ And he said, Who art thou? And she said, I am Ruth thy handmaid; therefore spread thy skirt over thy handmaid, for thou art near a kinsman. ¹⁰ And Boaz said, "Blessed art thou of the Lord God, my daughter; for thou hast shewn more kindness in this last act than in the former, in not going after young men either poor or rich. ¹¹ Now therefore, my daughter, be not afraid, I will do for thee all thou hast said; for all the tribe of my people know that thou art a virtuous woman. ¹² Now indeed it is true that I am a near relation; but there is a relation nearer of kin than I. ¹³ Tarry this night, and it shall be, in the morning; that if he perform to thee the part of a kinsman, well: let him do so. But if he decline to perform to thee the part of a kinsman, I myself will do the kinsman's part for thee, as the Lord liveth. Go to sleep till the morning." ¹⁴ So she lay at his feet till the morning, and arose before one could know another. And Boaz said, "Let it not be known that a woman came to the threshing floor." ¹⁵ Then he said to her, "Bring the sash which is girt about thee." So she held it, and he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her, and went to the city. ¹⁶ And Ruth went to her mother in law. And her mother in law said to her, My daughter! And when Ruth had told her all that the man had done to her; ¹⁷ and said to her, He gave me also these six measures of barley; for said he to me, Thou must not go empty to thy mother in law; ¹⁸ she said, Sit still my daughter till thou know the issue of this matter; for the man will not rest till the affair is now brought to a conclusion.

¹⁴ But think of me by thy own case, when it shall be well with thee; and do me the favour to mention me to Pharao and release me from this prison.

³⁴ And when they received their several messes from him, the mess of Benjamin was five times larger than any of theirs. And when they had drank and been plentifully regaled with him

¹² Honour thy father and thy mother that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayst live long in that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

⁴⁰ You shall therefore keep his commandments, and his rules of rectitude, which I this day give you in charge, that it may be well with thee and with thy children after thee; that you may live long in the land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for ever.

⁵ When brothers dwell together, and one of them die, and hath no issue, the wife of him who died shall not marry a man abroad, who is not near of kin. The brother of her husband shall go in unto her, and take her to wife, and cohabit with her;

⁵ When brothers dwell together, and one of them die, and hath no issue, the wife of him who died shall not marry a man abroad, who is not near of kin. The brother of her husband shall go in unto her, and take her to wife, and cohabit with her; ⁶ and the child which she shall bear shall go by the name of him who died, so that his name shall not be blotted out from among Israel.

⁶ and the child which she shall bear shall go by the name of him who died, so that his name shall not be blotted out from among Israel. ⁷ And if any man decline to take his brother's wife, the woman shall go to the gate, to the senate, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up his brother's name in Israel. My husband's brother hath refused.

⁷ And if any man decline to take his brother's wife, the woman shall go to the gate, to the senate, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up his brother's name in Israel. My husband's brother hath refused. ⁸ Thereupon the senate of his city shall send for him, and say to him, Thou must stand up, and say, I will not take her.

⁸ Thereupon the senate of his city shall send for him, and say to him, Thou must stand up, and say, I will not take her. ⁹ Upon which his brother's wife shall come, in the presence of the senate, and loose one shoe from his foot, and spit before his face, and addressing him, say, So shall be done to the man who will not build up his brother's house in Israel.

⁹ Upon which his brother's wife shall come, in the presence of the senate, and loose one shoe from his foot, and spit before his face, and addressing him, say, So shall be done to the man who will not build up his brother's house in Israel. ¹⁰ And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him who had his shoe loosed.

¹⁹ Whereupon Gideon said, They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the Lord liveth, if you had saved them alive, I would not have killed you.

²⁵ Now when their heart was elated with joy, they said, Call Sampson from the prison, and let him make sport for us; so they called Sampson from the prison, and be made sport for them; and when they bad beaten him with rods, they set him between two pillars.

⁶ So they two sat down, and eat and drank together, and the father of the young woman said to the man, Come I pray thee, stay all night and let thy heart be merry.

⁹ And when they two had eaten, and the man arose to depart, with his concubine and his servant, his father in law; the young woman's father said to him, Behold the day is spent till near afternoon, lodge here to-night, and let thy heart be merry, and set out on your journey early in the morning, and thou wilt reach thy home.

²² But while they were cheering their hearts, behold the men of the city; sons of transgressors, surrounded the house, and knocked at the door, and spake to the man, the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring out the man who came to thy house that we may know him.

⁸ Noemin said to her two daughters in law, Go, I pray you, return each to her mother's house. May the Lord deal kindly with you, as you have done with the dead, and with me. ⁹ The Lord grant, that you may find rest, each in the house of her husband. So she kissed them, and they wept aloud,

¹ Now Noemin had a kinsman of her husband's; a mighty man of wealth, of the family 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 thee.

⁸ Then Boaz said to Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Thou must not go to glean in any other field, nor must thou go hence, but abide here fast by my maids,

¹⁰ Upon which she fell on her face, and made an obeisance to the ground, and said to him, How have I found favour in thy sight, that thou shouldst take notice of me, seeing I am a stranger? ¹¹ And Boaz in reply said to her, I have been fully informed of all that thou hast done to thy mother in law after the death of thy husband; and how thou hast left thy father, and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, to come to a people whom thou knewest not heretofore. ¹² The Lord recompense thy work, and may a full reward be given thee by the Lord God of Israel, to whom thou art come, to put thy trust under his wings. ¹³ And she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my Lord, for thou hast comforted me. Now because thou hast spoken affectionately to thy servant, behold let me therefore be like one of thy maid servants.

²⁰ Noemin said to her daughter in law, Blessed is he of the Lord, because he hath not dropped his kindness to the living, nor to the dead. Then Noemin said to her, The man is near of kin to us. He is one of our nearest relations.

²⁰ Noemin said to her daughter in law, Blessed is he of the Lord, because he hath not dropped his kindness to the living, nor to the dead. Then Noemin said to her, The man is near of kin to us. He is one of our nearest relations. ²¹ And Ruth said to her mother in law, Indeed he also said to me, Thou must keep close by my maids till they finish my whole harvest. ²² And Noemin said to her daughter in law Ruth, it is good my daughter that thou hast gone out with his maids, therefore let them not meet thee in another field. ²³ So Ruth kept fast by the maids of Boaz, to glean till they finished the barley and wheat harvest.

¹² Now indeed it is true that I am a near relation; but there is a relation nearer of kin than I.

¹ And Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. And behold when the kinsman of whom Boaz had spoken was passing by, Boaz said to him, Turn aside and sit down here thou hidden man. So he turned aside, and sat down.

⁵ Then Boaz said, On the clay thou purchasest the field of Noemin, thou must purchase it with Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.

⁴¹ she arose, and bowed down to the ground on her face, and said, Behold thy servant is ready to be a house maid to wash the feet of thy servants.

²⁸ And Abessalom made a banquet like that of the king. And Abessalom gave a charge to his servants saying, Observe when the heart of Amnon is elated with wine, and I say to you, Smite Amnon; then put him to death. Be not afraid, for it is I who command you. Acquit yourselves like men, and be sons of valour.

² he sent to Thekoe, and brought thence a wise woman, and said to her, Feign thyself, I pray thee, to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be like a woman mourning for one who hath been long dead:

⁷ And Jezabel his wife said to him, Is it thus thou now actest the king over Israel? Arise and eat, and be like thyself, and I will give thee the vineyard of Nabuthi the Jezraelite.

¹⁰ And on the seventh day, the king, in high good humour, ordered Anian and Basan and Tharra and Barazi and Zatholtha and Abataza and Tharaba, the seven chamberlains, who waited on king Artaxerxes,

¹ And on the third day Esther put on her royal apparel and stood in the inner court of the king's palace over against the king's house, when the king was sitting on his royal throne, in the royal house, over against the gate.

³ Trust in the Lord and exercise kindness; dwell in the land and thou shalt be fed with the riches thereof. ⁴ Indulge thyself with delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the desires of thy heart. ⁵ Lay open thy way before the Lord, and trust in him; and he will accomplish;

¹⁵ wine cheereth the heart of man: that he might exhilarate his countenance with oil; the heart of man is strengthened with bread.

² Thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands; thou art happy and it shall be well with thee.

⁸ My son, hear the instruction of thy father and reject not the maxims of thy mother:

⁴ A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but a mischievous woman, like a Worm in wood, ruineth her husband.

¹⁰ Who can find a virtuous woman? Such a one is indeed more valuable than precious stones.

²⁹ Many daughters have possessed wealth, many have acted virtuously: but thou hast surpassed: thou hast excelled all. ³⁰ False are allurements, and vain the beauty of a wife. For a woman of understanding is blessed. Let her therefore praise the fear of the Lord. ³¹ Give her of the fruits of her hands; and let her husband be praised in the gates.

²⁴ [a] Hath not a man something good which he can eat and drink and which he can point out to his soul as a good by his labour? [b] With respect to that I saw indeed that even this is from the hand of God;

¹² I have found that there is no good in them ¹³ [I mean in regard to every man who eateth and drinketh, and can see good in all his labour] if there is not a gift of God that he may be made glad and do good in his life.

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

¹⁵ and I praised pleasurable enjoyment, because there is nothing good for men under the sun; nothing save eating and drinking and being made glad; and this one may have conjoined with his labour all the days of his life which God giveth him under the sun.

⁷ come eat thy bread with cheerfulness, and drink thy wine with a good heart: because God hath approved of thy works, ⁸ let thy garments be always white; and let not oil be wanting on thy head:

¹⁹ so as to excite a derision of them who are providing bread and wine and oil that they may be regaled while living. But to the subjection of money all things will be obedient.

¹⁶ Therefore thus saith the Sovereign Lord; behold I lay for the foundation of Sion a stone of inestimable worth; a chosen, precious corner stone for the foundations of it, and he who believeth shall not be ashamed.

⁷ In vain and to no purpose will the Egyptians help you. Announce to them, That this application of yours is vain.

⁸ But the pious have counselled with understanding; and their counsel shall be established."

² As the Lord liveth" with truth in judgment and justice: then shall the nations bless by him, and by him praise God in Jerusalem.

¹⁵ Is it thy desire to be made king? because thou art instigated by thy father Achaz, are there not feasts? are there not entertainments? better were it for thee to execute judgment and justice. ¹⁶ They did not take cognisance, they did not administer justice to the lowly, nor decide righteously the cause of the needy, is not this owing to thy not knowing me? saith the Lord.

⁸ Then I passed by thee and beheld thee and lo! thou wast of a marriageable age. So I spread my skirt over thee and covered thy nakedness; and sware to thee and entered into covenant with thee, saith the Lord.

¹⁷ But when thou keepest a fast, anoint thy head and wash thy face,

¹² Whatsoever therefore you would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

²⁴ saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother. ²⁵ Now there were with us seven brothers. And the first married a wife and died; and having no children, he left his wife for his brother. ²⁶ In like manner also the second and the third, even to the seventh. ²⁷ And last of all, the woman also died:

¹¹ For whoever exalteth himself, shall be humbled, and he who humbleth. himself, shall be exalted.

⁵ His mother saith to the waiters, Do whatever he shall bid you.

¹⁴ You are my friends, if you do what I command you.

¹⁷ Render to none evil for evil. Be provident in regard to things good in the sight of all men.

¹⁶ Let not therefore the good which you enjoy be ill spoken of.

³⁶ But if any man thinketh that he bringeth reproach on his virgin; if she be past the prime, this then should be the rule, What she willeth, let him do, he doth not sin; let them marry:

³¹ Whether then you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. ³² Conduct yourselves so as to give no offence to Jews or Greeks, or the congregation of God,

⁴ Love is long suffering; it aboundeth in kindness. Love is not envious. Love is not insolent: it is not puffed up. ⁵ It doth not behave itself unbecomingly. It is not self interested. It is not easily provoked. It placeth not the evil to account.

²³ and I appeal to God, as a witness on my life, that with a view to spare you I have not yet come to Corinth:

²¹ being careful to conduct ourselves well, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

¹⁰ As we therefore have an opportunity let us do good to all, but more especially to them who are of the household of faith.

¹⁸ And be not intoxicated with wine in which there is debauchery, 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 to the Lord.

⁶ not overreaching and injuring his brother in this matter; for the Lord is the avenger of all such things, as we told you before and testified.

²² Abstain from every appearance of evil.

⁹ in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in comely apparel, with bashful modesty; not with curls, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; ¹⁰ but with good works, as it becometh women who profess a reverence for God.

⁸ Now if any one doth not provide for his own, and especially for those of his family, he hath renounced his belief, and is worse than an infidel.

¹⁴ My decision therefore is, that the younger widows marry, bear children, govern their families, give no advantage, no occasion of reproach to the adversary.

¹¹ For both he who sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, ¹² saying, "I will declare thy name to my brethren, In the midst of a congregation I will praise thee." ¹³ And, again: "I will trust in him;" and, again: "Here am I and the children whom God hath given me." ¹⁴ As the children therefore were partakers of flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same in order that he might, by his death, put a stop to the operation of him who hath the power of death, that is the devil;

¹⁶ For men indeed swear by a greater, and an oath for confirmation being to them an end of strife,

¹² let your behaviour among the nations be virtuous, that when they speak against you as evil doers, they who have been eye witnesses may from your good works glorify God in the day of visitation.