Ruth 2:20
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20 “May the Lord bless him!” Naomi told her daughter-in-law. “He is showing his kindness to us as well as to your dead husband.[a] That man is one of our closest relatives, one of our family redeemers.”
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- 2:20 Hebrew to the living and to the dead.
Ruth 3:9-10
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9 “Who are you?” he asked.
“I am your servant Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your covering over me, for you are my family redeemer.”
10 “The Lord bless you, my daughter!” Boaz exclaimed. “You are showing even more family loyalty now than you did before, for you have not gone after a younger man, whether rich or poor.
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2 Samuel 2:5
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5 he sent them this message: “May the Lord bless you for being so loyal to your master Saul and giving him a decent burial.
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Proverbs 17:17
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17 A friend is always loyal,
and a brother is born to help in time of need.
Deuteronomy 25:5-7
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5 “If two brothers are living together on the same property and one of them dies without a son, his widow may not be married to anyone from outside the family. Instead, her husband’s brother should marry her and have intercourse with her to fulfill the duties of a brother-in-law. 6 The first son she bears to him will be considered the son of the dead brother, so that his name will not be forgotten in Israel.
7 “But if the man refuses to marry his brother’s widow, she must go to the town gate and say to the elders assembled there, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel—he refuses to fulfill the duties of a brother-in-law by marrying me.’
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Leviticus 25:25
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25 If one of your fellow Israelites falls into poverty and is forced to sell some family land, then a close relative should buy it back for him.
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2 Timothy 1:16-18
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16 May the Lord show special kindness to Onesiphorus and all his family because he often visited and encouraged me. He was never ashamed of me because I was in chains. 17 When he came to Rome, he searched everywhere until he found me. 18 May the Lord show him special kindness on the day of Christ’s return. And you know very well how helpful he was in Ephesus.
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Philippians 4:10
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Paul’s Thanks for Their Gifts
10 How I praise the Lord that you are concerned about me again. I know you have always been concerned for me, but you didn’t have the chance to help me.
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Job 29:12-13
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12 For I assisted the poor in their need
and the orphans who required help.
13 I helped those without hope, and they blessed me.
And I caused the widows’ hearts to sing for joy.
Job 19:25
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25 “But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
and he will stand upon the earth at last.
2 Samuel 9:1
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David’s Kindness to Mephibosheth
9 One day David asked, “Is anyone in Saul’s family still alive—anyone to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”
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Ruth 4:14
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14 Then the women of the town said to Naomi, “Praise the Lord, who has now provided a redeemer for your family! May this child be famous in Israel.
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Ruth 4:6
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6 “Then I can’t redeem it,” the family redeemer replied, “because this might endanger my own estate. You redeem the land; I cannot do it.”
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