Quotes About Support

which ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let them give you shelter!

Your wives, your young children, and your livestock may remain in the land that Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But all your mighty men of valor must be armed for battle to cross over ahead of your brothers and help them,

For the Levites, then, there were forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasturelands, within the territory of the Israelites.

All this time you have not deserted your brothers, up to this very day, but have kept the charge given you by the LORD your God.

Then the men of Judah said to their brothers the Simeonites, “Come up with us to our allotted territory, and let us fight against the Canaanites. And we likewise will go with you to your territory.” So the Simeonites went with them.

Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”

Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshalís staff from Zebulun.

But if you are afraid to do so, then go down to the camp with your servant Purah

So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

But the leaders of Succoth asked, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your army?”

Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Lead me where I can feel the pillars supporting the temple, so I can lean against them.”

and agreed to stay with him, and the young man became like a son to Micah.

May the LORD enable each of you to find rest in the home of your new husband.” And she kissed them as they wept aloud

and said, “Surely we will return with you to your people.”

Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.

When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her.

Now Naomi had a relative on her husbandís side, a prominent man of noble character from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.

Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.

Rather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her.”

She picked up the grain and went into the town, where her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. And she brought out what she had saved from her meal and gave it to Naomi.

Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also told me, ëStay with my young men until they have finished gathering all my harvest.í”

And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, “My daughter, it is good for you to work with his young women, so that nothing will happen to you in another field.”

One day Ruthís 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 now do not be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you request, since all my fellow townspeople know that you are a woman of noble character.