Ruth 3:1

¶ Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

Then Naomi {H5281} her mother in law {H2545} said {H559} unto her, My daughter {H1323}, shall I not seek {H1245} rest {H4494} for thee, that it may be well {H3190} with thee?

Na'omi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, I should be seeking security for you; so that things will go well with you.

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?

And Naomi her mother-in-law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

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Cross-References

  • Ruth 1:9 (25 votes)

    The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each [of you] in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

  • 1 Timothy 5:8 (22 votes)

    But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

  • 1 Timothy 5:14 (18 votes)

    I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

  • Psalms 128:2 (15 votes)

    For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy [shalt] thou [be], and [it shall be] well with thee.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:36 (13 votes)

    ¶ But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of [her] age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.

  • Deuteronomy 4:40 (11 votes)

    Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong [thy] days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.

  • Jeremiah 22:15 (11 votes)

    Shalt thou reign, because thou closest [thyself] in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, [and] then [it was] well with him?