RUTH 4:14 : Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a close relative; and may his name be famous in Israel And may he be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age; for...
RUTH 4:12-13 : “May your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring which the LORD will give you from this young woman” So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and when he went in to her, the LORD gave...
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...
RUTH 4:5-6 : Then Boaz 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...
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 often quoted phrase, “Don’t just stand there, do something!” As a...
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...
Ruth 3:11 : “And now, my daughter, do not fear. I will do for you all that you request, for all the people of my town know that you are a virtuous woman.” Blaise Pascal, a 17th century philosopher and theologian, declared, “The virtue of a man ought to be...
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...
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...
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...