Ruth 1:16 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References 16 And Ruth proceeded to say: “Do not plead with me to abandon you, to turn back from accompanying you;* for where you go I shall go, and where you spend the night I shall spend the night.+ Your people will be my people,+ and your God my God.+ Proverbs 17:17 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References 17 A true companion is loving all the time,+ and is a brother that is born for when there is distress.*+ Proverbs 18:24 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References 24 There exist* companions disposed to break one another to pieces,+ but there exists a friend sticking closer than a brother.+ Hebrews 10:39 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References 39 Now we are not the sort that shrink back to destruction,+ but the sort that have faith to the preserving alive of the soul.+
16 And Ruth proceeded to say: “Do not plead with me to abandon you, to turn back from accompanying you;* for where you go I shall go, and where you spend the night I shall spend the night.+ Your people will be my people,+ and your God my God.+
17 A true companion is loving all the time,+ and is a brother that is born for when there is distress.*+
24 There exist* companions disposed to break one another to pieces,+ but there exists a friend sticking closer than a brother.+
39 Now we are not the sort that shrink back to destruction,+ but the sort that have faith to the preserving alive of the soul.+