1 Timothy 3:7Open English Bible (Commonwealth)
They should also be well spoken of by outsiders, so that they may not incur censure and so fall into the devil’s trap.
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But Naomi said, ‘Go back, my daughters. Why should you go with me? Can I still bear sons who might become your husbands?
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Go back, my daughters, go your own way, because I am too old to have a husband. Even if I should say, “I have hope,” even if I should have a husband tonight and should bear sons,
Ruth 1:21
I had plenty when I left, but the Lord has brought me back empty handed. Why should you call me Naomi, now that the Lord has afflicted me, and the Almighty has brought misfortune on me?’
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Then she said, ‘I trust I may please you, my lord, for you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your servant, although I am not really equal to one of your own servants.’
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