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... death part thee and me . ' " " This was the language of something more than natural affection . Ruth loved Naomi with the at- tachment of a confiding daughter . But deeper , stronger feelings had taken hold of her breast , and swayed ...
... death part thee and me . ' " " This was the language of something more than natural affection . Ruth loved Naomi with the at- tachment of a confiding daughter . But deeper , stronger feelings had taken hold of her breast , and swayed ...
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... and love of Jeho- vah . Under the influence of such motives , she made known to Naomi , as we have seen , the fixed purpose of her soul in the emphatic as surance that nothing but death should part them . Happy 16 RUTH .
... and love of Jeho- vah . Under the influence of such motives , she made known to Naomi , as we have seen , the fixed purpose of her soul in the emphatic as surance that nothing but death should part them . Happy 16 RUTH .
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... death should part them . Happy choice ! The God of Israel is the God of Ruth the Moabitess ; and he will never leave her , nor forsake her . And what , reader , is your choice ? Like Orpah , are you to be found still giving your ...
... death should part them . Happy choice ! The God of Israel is the God of Ruth the Moabitess ; and he will never leave her , nor forsake her . And what , reader , is your choice ? Like Orpah , are you to be found still giving your ...
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... death upon the other members of the family , while she , although spared through his great mercy to return to the land of her fathers , came back in sorrow and in want . Penitent Naomi ! Thy trials did thee good . They brought thee back ...
... death upon the other members of the family , while she , although spared through his great mercy to return to the land of her fathers , came back in sorrow and in want . Penitent Naomi ! Thy trials did thee good . They brought thee back ...
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... death , her daughter - in - law would be left among strangers , in a condition to need protection . Where could she look for it under such favorable circumstances as in the marriage state ? Her virtues , too , rendered her worthy of the ...
... death , her daughter - in - law would be left among strangers , in a condition to need protection . Where could she look for it under such favorable circumstances as in the marriage state ? Her virtues , too , rendered her worthy of the ...
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९९ Abinadab Almighty Amalek Amalekites Ammonites anointed Ashdod asses behold Beth-shemesh blessing Boaz breast brought called cause CHAPTER character countrymen covenant death divine commands divine direction divine favor divine grace duty Elimelech Elkanah enemy faith father fear feelings Gibeah Gilgal glean grace guilt hand Hannah heart high priest honor Hophni and Phinehas husband individual Israel Israelites Jabesh-gilead Jehovah Jerusalem Jesse Jonathan Judea judgments king kinsman Kirjath-jearim land Lord hath manner Michmash Mizpeh Moab Moabites mother mother-in-law Naioth Naomi nation numbers obedience obey offering Orpah parents Philistines piety pious pray prayer present probably prophet protection regard reply respect Ruth sacred sacrifice Samuel Saul Scriptures servant Shiloh sins solemn sons soon soul spirit suffer tabernacle thine handmaid thing thou hast thou shalt tion told took tribe tribe of Judah unto the Lord unto thee voice wickedness worship
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Page 74 - In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house. When I begin I will also make an end, for I have told him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth, because his sons made themselves vile and he restrained them not.
Page 110 - And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
Page 154 - But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.
Page 113 - As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
Page 132 - Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you: and ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and you-r tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us.
Page 146 - Is it not wheat harvest to-day? I will call unto the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking you a king.
Page 178 - Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
Page 74 - For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth ; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
Page 178 - And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God ; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
Page 90 - Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords. 5. Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.