Ruth 1:15

“Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law is going back to her own people and to her own gods. Go along with her!”

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In The King James Version

And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.

In Context

14Then they again wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth stayed with her.

16But Ruth answered, “Do not urge me to leave you or to go back. I will go where you go, and I will stay wherever you stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God;

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Cross References

Joshua 24:19Joshua said to the people, “You may not be able to serve the Lord. He is a holy God, a jealous God, he will not forgive any sinful disloyalty of yours.

Psalms 36:3First, their speech becomes wicked and false, they give up acting wisely and well.

Zephaniah 1:6and those who turn back from following the Lord, And those who do not seek the Lord nor strive to find him.

Luke 14:26“If any one comes to me and does not hate their father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes and even their life, he can be no disciple of mine.

Matthew Henry on Ruth 1:7-19

Naomi Returns to Canaan; Naomi and Her Daughters-in-Law; Ruth's Constancy to Naomi. ( b. c. 1312.) 6 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread. 7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah. 8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to… Read the whole commentary →

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