Scripture · Old Testament
Ruth 1:18
Ruth 1:18 is verse 18 of Ruth chapter 1, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her.
King James Version
When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
World English Bible
When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.
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Ruth 1:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible
16 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.
17 Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”
18 When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her.
19 So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole city was stirred because of them, and the women of the city exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”
20 “Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Acts 21:14When he would not be dissuaded, we fell silent and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”
Acts 2:42They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
Ephesians 6:10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.