Whither thou goest, I will go

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1. Part of a longer promise of fidelity, spoken by Ruth to Naomi, her mother-in-law. The longer text reads: “Entreat 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: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.”

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Whither thou goest, I will go

The Bible says nothing about the origins of the young Moabite widow who tells her mother-in-law Naomi, "Whither thou goest, I will go," and accompanies her to Bethlehem.

From Time Magazine Archive

Whither thou goest I will go... thy people shall be my people and thy God my God....

From Soul of a Bishop by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

"Whither thou goest, I will go," she said laughingly.

From There was a King in Egypt by Norma Lorimer

Whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people and thy God my God.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide by Charles Herbert Sylvester

No," and pressing the little fingers twining so lovingly about his own, Charlie replied: "Whither thou goest I will go.

From Bad Hugh by Mary Jane Holmes