Ruth cross-references

Ruth has 4 chapters and 85 verses. Choose a chapter to read each verse with its strongest cross-references.

Chapters

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Most connected verses

• Ruth 2:12 — The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings… 46 links
• Ruth 4:11 — And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman… 35 links
• Ruth 1:1 — Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man… 31 links
• Ruth 1:16 — And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest,… 31 links
• Ruth 1:6 — Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard… 27 links
• Ruth 2:4 — And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered… 27 links
• Ruth 4:10 — Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the… 27 links
• Ruth 1:14 — And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her. 26 links
• Ruth 1:20 — And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. 26 links
• Ruth 4:1 — Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by;… 26 links
• Ruth 2:10 — Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in… 23 links
• Ruth 1:17 — Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but… 22 links

Key Hebrew words in Ruth

Words characteristic of Ruth in the original text, with the number of verses using each. Select one for a full word study.

• חֲמוֹת chamot “mother-in-law” 9
• לָקַט laqat “to gather” 10
• גָּאַל gaal “to redeem” 10
• שָׂדֶה sadeh “land” 13
• הָ ha “her” 13
• מוֹאָבִי moavi “Moabite” 7
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 14
• כַּלָּה kallah “daughter-in-law” 7
• קָצַר qatsar “to reap” 7
• נִי ni “me” 13
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 15
• בַּת bat “daughter” 11
• נַעֲרָה naarah “maiden” 7
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 13
• יָלַד yalad “to beget” 10
• שְׂעֹרָה seorah “barley” 6
• עִם im “with” 12
• אַחַר achar “after” 9
• שֵׁם shem “name” 9
• ךְ kh “you” 7
• עַד ad “till” 10
• אַל al “not” 8
• קָנָה qanah “to buy” 5
• שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 8