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Rth 1:3 — And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

and she was		2Ki 4:1; Psa 34:19; Hbr 12:6,10,11

Correlating Passages

and she was

	2Ki 4:1	Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
	Psa 34:19	Many [are] the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
	Hbr 12:6	For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
	Hbr 12:10	For they verily for a few days chastened [us] after their own pleasure; but he for [our] profit, that [we] might be partakers of his holiness.
	Hbr 12:11	Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

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Scott, Thomas. "Ruth 1:3," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Rth/1/3.html>.

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