Treasury of Scripture Knowledge She answered: Be not against me, to desire that I should leave thee and depart: for whithersoever thou shalt go, I will go: and where thou shalt dwell, I also will dwell. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Intreat me not. 2 Kings 2:2-6 And Elias said to Eliseus: Stay thou here, because the Lord hath sent me as far as Bethel. And Eliseus said to him: As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And when they were come down to Bethel, . . . Luke 24:28,29 And they drew nigh to the town whither they were going: and he made as though he would go farther. . . . Acts 21:13 Then Paul answered and said: What do you mean, weeping and afflicting my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but to die also in Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. whither 2 Samuel 15:21 And Ethai answered the king, saying: As the Lord liveth, and as my lord the king liveth: in what place soever thou shalt be, my lord, O king, either in death, or in life, there will thy servant be. Matthew 8:19 And a certain scribe came and said to him: Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou shalt go. John 13:37 Peter saith to him: Why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee. Revelation 14:4 These are they who were not defiled with women: for they are virgins. These follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, the firstfruits to God and to the Lamb. thy people Ruth 2:11,12 And he answered her: All hath been told me, that thou hast done to thy mother in law after the death of thy husband: and how thou hast left thy parents, and the land wherein thou wast born, and art come to a people which thou knewest not heretofore. . . . Psalm 45:10 Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thy ear: and forget thy people and thy father's house. Isaiah 14:1 Her time is near at hand, and her days shall not be prolonged. For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose out of Israel, and will make them rest upon their own ground: and the stranger shall be joined with them, and shall adhere to the house of Jacob. thy God Joshua 24:18 And he hath cast out all the nations, the Amorrhite the inhabitant of the land into which we are come. Therefore we will serve the Lord, for he is our God. Daniel 2:47 And the king spoke to Daniel, and said: Verily, your God is the God of gods, and Lord of kings, and a revealer of hidden things: seeing thou couldst discover this secret. Daniel 3:29 For we have sinned, and committed iniquity, departing from thee: and we have trespassed in all things: Hosea 13:4 But I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt: and thou shalt know no God but me, and there is no saviour beside me. 2 Corinthians 6:16-18 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God: as God saith: I will dwell in them and walk among them. And I will be their God: and they shall be my people. . . . 1 Thessalonians 1:9 For they themselves relate of us, what manner of entering in we had unto you: and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God. Context Ruth's Loyalty to Naomi…15And Noemi said to her: Behold thy kinswoman is returned to her people, and to her gods, go thou with her. 16She answered: Be not against me, to desire that I should leave thee and depart: for whithersoever thou shalt go, I will go: and where thou shalt dwell, I also will dwell. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.17The land that shall receive thee dying, in the same will I die: and there will I be buried. The Lord do so and so to me, and add more also, if aught but death part me and thee.… Cross References Ruth 1:15 And Noemi said to her: Behold thy kinswoman is returned to her people, and to her gods, go thou with her. Ruth 1:17 The land that shall receive thee dying, in the same will I die: and there will I be buried. The Lord do so and so to me, and add more also, if aught but death part me and thee. Ruth 2:12 The Lord render unto thee for thy work, and mayst thou receive a full reward of the Lord the God of Israel, to whom thou art come, and under whose wings thou art fled. Ruth 4:15 And thou shouldst have one to comfort thy soul, and cherish thy old age. For he is born of thy daughter in law: who loveth thee: and is much better to thee, than if thou hadst seven sons. 2 Samuel 15:21 And Ethai answered the king, saying: As the Lord liveth, and as my lord the king liveth: in what place soever thou shalt be, my lord, O king, either in death, or in life, there will thy servant be. Psalm 45:10 Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thy ear: and forget thy people and thy father's house. Proverbs 17:17 He that is a friend loveth at all times: and a brother is proved in distress. Lexicon But Ruthרוּת֙ (rūṯ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7327: Ruth -- 'friendship', a Moabite ancestress of David replied: וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (wat·tō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say “Do not אַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 408: Not urge תִּפְגְּעִי־ (tip̄·gə·‘î-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6293: To impinge, by accident, violence, by importunity me בִ֔י (ḇî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew to leave you לְעָזְבֵ֖ךְ (lə·‘ā·zə·ḇêḵ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit [or] to turn לָשׁ֣וּב (lā·šūḇ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again from following you. מֵאַחֲרָ֑יִךְ (mê·’a·ḥă·rā·yiḵ) Preposition-m | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 310: The hind or following part For כִּ֠י (kî) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction wherever אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to you go, תֵּלְכִ֜י (tê·lə·ḵî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk I will go, אֵלֵ֗ךְ (’ê·lêḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk and wherever וּבַאֲשֶׁ֤ר (ū·ḇa·’ă·šer) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that you live, תָּלִ֙ינִי֙ (tā·lî·nî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3885: To stop, to stay permanently, to be obstinate I will live; אָלִ֔ין (’ā·lîn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 3885: To stop, to stay permanently, to be obstinate your people עַמֵּ֣ךְ (‘am·mêḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock will be my people, עַמִּ֔י (‘am·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock and your God וֵאלֹהַ֖יִךְ (wê·lō·ha·yiḵ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative will be my God. אֱלֹהָֽי׃ (’ĕ·lō·hāy) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Additional Translations But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave you, or to return from following after you: for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge: your people shall be my people, and your God my God: And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee, for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God; And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following thee; for whithersoever thou goest, I will go, and wheresoever thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. And Ruth said, Do not intreat me to leave thee, to return from [following] after thee; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God; And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Ruth said, "Don't entreat me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God; And Ruth saith, 'Urge me not to leave thee -- to turn back from after thee; for whither thou goest I go, and where thou lodgest I lodge; thy people is my people, and thy God my God. 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