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Ruth 1:14

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And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

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KJV King James Version

And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.

WEB World English Bible

They lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth joined with her.

ASV American Standard Version

And they lifted up their voice, and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave unto her.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

And they lift up their voice, and weep again, and Orpah kisseth her mother-in-law, and Ruth hath cleaved to her.

Surrounding context — Ruth 1

11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? [are] there yet [any more] sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

12 Turn again, my daughters, go [your way]; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, [if] I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;

13 Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.

14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

15 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.

16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, [or] 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:

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 death part thee and me.

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Proverbs 18:24A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.Matthew 16:24Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.Matthew 10:37He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.John 6:66-69From that [time] many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.Matthew 19:22But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.Hebrews 10:39But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.Zechariah 8:23Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days [it shall come to pass], that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard [that] God [is] with you.1 Kings 19:20And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and [then] I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?Proverbs 17:17A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.Deuteronomy 10:20Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.Isaiah 14:1For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.Mark 10:21-22Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.Genesis 31:55And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.Acts 17:34Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which [was] Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.Genesis 31:28And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in [so] doing.2 Timothy 4:10For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.Deuteronomy 4:4But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God [are] alive every one of you this day.