Ruth 1:3; Ruth 1:5; Ruth 1:8; Ruth 1:17; Ruth 2:20; Ruth 4:5; Ruth 4:10

Ruth 1:3

3 Then Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left with her two sons.

Ruth 1:5

5 Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and the woman was bereft of her two children and her husband.

Ruth 1:8

8 And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go, return each of you to her mother's house. May the LORD deal kindly with you as you have dealt with the dead and with me.

Ruth 1:17

17 "Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. Thus may the LORD do to me, and worse , if anything but death parts you and me."

Ruth 2:20

20 Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "May he be blessed of the LORD who has not withdrawn his kindness to the living and to the dead." Again Naomi said to her, "The man is our relative, he is one of our closest relatives."

Ruth 4:5

5 Then Boaz said, "On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must also acquire Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of the deceased, in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance."

Ruth 4:10

10 "Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance, so that the name of the deceased will not be cut off from his brothers or from the court of his birth place; you are witnesses today."