Following is a selection of some of the most memorable Key verses and passages in this book.
This book presents an account of key events in the life of Ruth,
an ancestor of David and of Jesus Christ who was not a Jew but
who demonstrated true love and devotion.
2:12 May the Lord repay+ you and a full reward be given to you by the Lord God of Israel under whose wing you trust.
4:13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in to her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son.
4:14 The women said to Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which has not left you this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
4:15 He shall be to you a restorer of your life, and a nourisher of your old age: for your daughter in law, which loves you, which is better to you than seven sons, has borne him.
4:16 Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it.
4:17 The women her neighbors gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
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