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Ruth 1:20

“Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.

Ruth 1:20 BSB
  1. a Naomi means pleasant.
  2. b Mara means bitter.
  3. c Hebrew Shaddai; also in verse 21

Ruth 1:20 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Job 6:4 (9 votes) and Hebrews 12:11 (6 votes). 16 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Genesis 17 to Revelation 21.

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Which verses does Ruth 1:20 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Job 6:49 votes

    For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

  2. Hebrews 12:116 votes

    No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.

  3. Psalm 88:155 votes

    From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.

  4. Job 19:64 votes

    then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.

  5. Psalm 73:144 votes

    For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.

  6. Isaiah 38:134 votes

    I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.

  7. Lamentations 3:1–204 votes

    I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath. He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light. …

  8. Job 5:173 votes

    Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

  9. Genesis 17:12 votes

    When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.

  10. Genesis 43:142 votes

    May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”

  11. Exodus 6:32 votes
  12. Job 11:72 votes
  13. Revelation 1:82 votes
  14. Revelation 21:221 vote

Which verses point to Ruth 1:20?

The 10 strongest of 16.