Ruth 4:10
"Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day."
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- Deuteronomy 25:6
"And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel."
Read in chapter → - Ephesians 5:25
"Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;"
Read in chapter → - Psalms 34:16
"The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 29:27
"Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years."
Read in chapter → - Joshua 7:9
"For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?"
Read in chapter → - Genesis 29:18
"And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 31:10
"Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies."
Read in chapter → - Hosea 12:12
"And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep."
Read in chapter → - Hebrews 13:4
"Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 8:2
"And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah."
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