John 12:21

12:21 So these approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested, “Sir, we would like to see Jesus.”

Ruth 1:16

1:16 But Ruth replied,

“Stop urging me to abandon you!

For wherever you go, I will go.

Wherever you live, I will live.

Your people will become my people,

and your God will become my God.

Ruth 1:1

A Family Tragedy: Famine and Death

1:1 During the time of the judges there was a famine in the land of Judah. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah went to live as a resident foreigner in the region of Moab, along with his wife and two sons.

Ruth 1:8

1:8 Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Listen to me! Each of you should return to your mother’s home! May the Lord show you the same kind of devotion that you have shown to your deceased husbands and to me!

Psalms 27:4

27:4 I have asked the Lord for one thing –

this is what I desire!

I want to live in the Lord’s house all the days of my life,

so I can gaze at the splendor of the Lord

and contemplate in his temple.

Proverbs 3:18

3:18 She is like a tree of life to those who obtain her,

and everyone who grasps hold of her will be blessed.

Proverbs 8:34

8:34 Blessed is the one who listens to me,

watching at my doors day by day,

waiting beside my doorway.

Proverbs 13:20

13:20 The one who associates with the wise grows wise,

but a companion of fools suffers harm.

The Song of Songs 1:7-8

The Shepherd and the Shepherdess

The Beloved to Her Lover:

1:7 Tell me, O you whom my heart loves,

where do you pasture your sheep?

Where do you rest your sheep during the midday heat?

Tell me lest I wander around

beside the flocks of your companions!

The Lover to His Beloved:

1:8 If you do not know, O most beautiful of women,

simply follow the tracks of my flock,

and pasture your little lambs

beside the tents of the shepherds.

Luke 8:38

8:38 The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,

Luke 10:39

10:39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he said.