RUTH 4:9 And Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses this day that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, from the hand of Naomi.” A father and son built a toy sailboat. Before launching it, the father...

RUTH 4:5-6 Then Boez said, “on the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must also buy it from Ruth the moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.” and the near kinsman said, “I cannot redeem...

RUTH 3:18 Then she said, “Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will turn out; for the man will not rest until he has concluded the matter this day… American culture is built around the oft-quoted phrase, “Don’t just stand there, do something!” As a result, our...

RUTH 3:17 And she said, “These six ephahs of barley he gave me; for he said to me, ‘Do not go empty-handed to your mother-in-law.'” Recently the Barna Research Group announced its findings that the number of evangelicals in the United States is only about 6 percent (decreasing from 12...

RUTH 3:8 Now it happened at midnight that the man was startled, and turned himself; and there, a woman was lying at his feet. Most crimes take place in the dark. In the dark of the night a thief slips into a home to steal. In dimly lit parking garages...

RUTH 3:4 “Then it shall be, when he lies down, that you shall notice the place where he lies; and you shall go in, uncover his feet, and lie down; and he will tell you what you should do.” A few years ago, a $100,000 mistake was made because someone...

RUTH 2:22-23 And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It Is good, my daughter that you go out with his young women, and that people do not meet you in any other field.” So she stayed close by the young women of Boaz, to glean until the end of barley...

RUTH 2:14 Now Boaz said to her at mealtime, “Come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar.” So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed parched grain to her; and she ate and was satisfied, and kept some back. In 1949,...

RUTH 2:12 “The LORD repay your work and a full reward be given you by the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge.” Birds use their wings for many purposes other than flying. In times of danger, a mother bird’s wings provide a feathered canopy...

RUTH 2:10-11 So she fell on her face, bowed down to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?” And Boaz answered and said to her, ” It has been fully reported...