Matthew 13:45Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

Ruth 1:14

Then they again wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth stayed with her.

Ruth 4:11

Then all the people who were at the gate and the elders said, ‘We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built the house of Israel. May you do well in Ephrata, and become famous in Bethlehem.

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.’

Esther 1:4

while for one hundred and eighty days he showed them the glorious riches of his kingdom and the costliness of his magnificent regalia.

Esther 1:5

When these days were ended, the king held a banquet for all the people who were present in the royal palace at Susa, high and low alike. It was a seven days’ feast in the enclosed garden of the royal palace.