RUTH 2:7 : “And she said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came and has continued from morning until now, though she rested a little in the house.” There’s a delightful story about a king, many years ago, who called his wise...

RUTH 2:5-6 : Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, ”Whose young woman is this?” So the servant who was in charge of the reapers answered and said, “It is the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.”...

RUTH 2:2 : So Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field, and glean heads of grain after him in whose sight I may find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.” Sometimes we try to buy people’s favor-and even God’s favor. We’re...

RUTH 2:1 : And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a man of great wealth, of the family of Elimelech; his name was Boaz. John Jacob Astor one of the world’s richest men, was a passenger on the ill-fated maiden voyage of the Titanic. When the ship hit the...

RUTH 1:22 : So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. Now they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest. According to Business Week, time technicians at the National Institute of Standards & Technology recently switched to an...

RUTH 1:20-21 : So she said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the LORD has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the LORD has testified against...

RUTH 1:16-17 But Ruth said: “Entreat me not to leave you, or to turn back from following after you; for wherever you go, I will go; and wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God, my God. Where you die, I will die,...

RUTH 1:14 : Then they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. A number of years ago a new glue, characterized by an unusually strong holding power, was introduced on the market and sold under a variety of names. Advertisements...

RUTH 1:11 : But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?” When Egypt first conquered a land called Nubia, a regiment of soldiers was sent across the desert with an Arab guide....

RUTH 1:8 : And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each to her mother’s house. The LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.” The great American novelist Henry James, in saying good-bye to his nephew Willie, said something the boy...