Ruth 1:21
I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
Cross-references
1 Samuel 2:7 states the LORD makes poor and brings low—directly affirms the divine sovereignty Naomi laments in her emptiness.
Job 16:8 says his leanness is a witness against him, directly paralleling Naomi's claim that God testified against her.
Job 1:21 also speaks of coming empty and God's giving and taking—but Job blesses God while Naomi laments, a key difference in response.
1 Samuel 2:8 says the LORD raises the poor from the dust—contrasting Naomi's experience of being brought low, yet showing God's power over both.
Job 10:17 uses 'witnesses against me' language, reinforcing Naomi's sense of divine opposition in suffering.
Job 13:26 speaks of God writing bitter things against him, echoing Naomi's feeling that God testified against her.
Job 27:2 has Job swearing by God who made his soul bitter, mirroring Naomi's attribution of calamity to the Almighty.
Psalm 107:39 describes being diminished and brought low, paralleling Naomi's return empty.