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¹⁶But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. ¹⁷Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.”

Ruth 1:16-17, ESV

Verses explained · October 17, 2026

Ruth 1:16 Meaning: A Widow's Loyal Promise to Naomi

Ruth 1:16-17 is a widow's promise to her mother-in-law on a road out of Moab. Read the verses in context and see what Ruth binds herself to, and why.

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