And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

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:

When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.

Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.