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- Ruth 2:15
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When Ruth got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, do not insult her.
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- Ruth 2:16
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Rather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her.”
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- Ruth 2:20
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Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our kinsman-redeemers.”
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- Ruth 2:22
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And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, “My daughter, it is good for you to work with his young women, so that nothing will happen to you in another field.”
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- Ruth 3:1
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One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?
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- Ruth 3:2
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Now is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours? In fact, tonight he is winnowing barley on the threshing floor.
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- Ruth 3:13
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Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, good. Let him redeem you. But if he does not want to redeem you, as surely as the LORD lives, I will. Now lie here until morning.”
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- Ruth 3:18
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“Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”
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- Ruth 4:4
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I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.
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- Ruth 4:6
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The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”
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- Ruth 4:10
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Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”
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- Ruth 4:14
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Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel.
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- 1 Samuel 1:7
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And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.
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- 1 Samuel 1:8
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“Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
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- 1 Samuel 1:11
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And she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.”
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- 1 Samuel 1:13
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Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk
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- 1 Samuel 1:15
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“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
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- 1 Samuel 1:18
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“May your maidservant find favor with you,” said Hannah. Then she went on her way, and she began to eat, and her face was no longer downcast.
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- 1 Samuel 1:22
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but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”
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- 1 Samuel 2:9
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He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
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- 1 Samuel 2:12
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Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
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- 1 Samuel 2:15
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Even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he will not accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.”
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- 1 Samuel 2:16
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And if any man said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you may take whatever you want,” the servant would reply, “No, you must give it to me right now. If you refuse, I will take it by force!”
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- 1 Samuel 2:24
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No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.
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- 1 Samuel 2:25
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If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.
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- 1 Samuel 2:32
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You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.
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- 1 Samuel 2:33
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And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, I will cause your eyes to fail and your heart to grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.
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- 1 Samuel 3:2
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And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.
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- 1 Samuel 3:5
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He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.
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- 1 Samuel 3:6
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Once again the LORD called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.”
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- 1 Samuel 3:13
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I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.
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- 1 Samuel 3:18
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So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”
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- 1 Samuel 3:19
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And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and He let none of Samuel’s words fall to the ground.
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- 1 Samuel 4:7
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the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.
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- 1 Samuel 4:15
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Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.
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- 1 Samuel 4:20
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As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed.
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- 1 Samuel 5:5
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That is why, to this day, the priests of Dagon and all who enter the temple of Dagon in Ashdod do not step on the threshold.
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- 1 Samuel 5:7
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And when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon.”
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- 1 Samuel 5:11
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Then the Ekronites called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was very heavy upon it.
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- 1 Samuel 5:12
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Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.
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- 1 Samuel 6:3
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They replied, “If you return the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away empty, but by all means return it to Him with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why His hand has not been lifted from you.”
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- 1 Samuel 6:6
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Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people out so they could go on their way?
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- 1 Samuel 6:7
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Now, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.
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- 1 Samuel 6:9
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but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”
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- 1 Samuel 6:12
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And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.
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- 1 Samuel 7:13
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So the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped invading the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
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- 1 Samuel 8:3
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But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.
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- 1 Samuel 8:5
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“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”
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- 1 Samuel 8:7
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And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.
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- 1 Samuel 8:18
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When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”
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