What does Ruth 1:16 say?

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Ruth 1:16 says: And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: (KJV).

The verse is spoken by Ruth to her mother-in-law Naomi in Ruth 1, after the death of Ruth's husband. Read it in context at Ruth 1:16, or the full chapter at Ruth 1.

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