Verse 3

Sometime later Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, so she and her two sons were left alone.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 4:1 : 1 Elisha Helps a Widow and Her Sons Now a wife of one of the prophets appealed to Elisha for help, saying,“Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the LORD. Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants.”
• Ps 34:19 : 19 The godly face many dangers, but the LORD saves them from each one of them.
• Heb 12:6 : 6 “For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.”
• Heb 12:10-11 : 10 For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness. 11 Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it.