Colossians 3:21Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

Ruth 1:11

But Naomi said, ‘Go back, my daughters. Why should you go with me? Can I still bear sons who might become your husbands?

Ruth 1:20

‘Do not call me Naomi,’ she said to them, ‘call me Mara, for the Almighty has given me a bitter lot.

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?’

Ruth 2:22

Naomi said to Ruth, ‘It is best, my daughter, that you should go out with his girls because you might not be as safe in another field.’

Ruth 4:12

From the children whom the Lord will give you by this young woman may your household become like the household of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah.’