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Rth 1:13 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

tarry		Heb. hope.
it grieveth me much		Heb. I have much bitterness.
the hand		Deu 2:15; Jdg 2:15; 1Sa 5:11; Job 19:21; Psa 32:4; Psa 38:2; Psa 39:9,10

Correlating Passages

the hand

	Deu 2:15	For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.
	Jdg 2:15	Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.
	1Sa 5:11	So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
	Job 19:21	Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
	Psa 32:4	For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
	Psa 38:2	For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
	Psa 39:9	I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst [it].
	Psa 39:10	Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

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Scott, Thomas. "Ruth 1:13," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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