Bible Dictionary: Widow: Ruth

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Ruth 1:1
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
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Ruth 2:1
And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
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Ruth 3:1
Then Naomi her mother in law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?
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Ruth 4:1
Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
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Ruth
... Boaz, the rich yeoman; Naomi, the broken-hearted and ruined; Ruth, the fair young
widow"all had the very same temptations as are common to you now, here; but ...
/.../kingsley/the water of life and other sermons/sermon x ruth.htm

The Devotion of Ruth
... Then Boaz said, "On the day you buy the field from Naomi, you must also marry Ruth
the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, that a son may be born to bear his name ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/the devotion of ruth.htm

Naomi is an Instance of a Widow Receiving Back from Her Daughter ...
... Does the widow Naomi seem to you of small account, who supported her widowhood on ...
who has well taught and well instructed her daughter-in-law a Ruth will never ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter vi naomi is an.htm

Ruth and Naomi.
... died, leaving Naomi a widow with two sons, all dwellers in a strange land. Her sons
married two young women belonging to Moab, whose names were Orpah and Ruth. ...
/.../anonymous/mother stories from the old testament/ruth and naomi.htm

Nor, Because I Called Ruth Blessed, Anna More Blessed...
... Wherefore holy Ruth, not having seed such as at that time was necessary in Israel ...
Therefore than this one twice married, Anna once married a widow was on this ...
/.../augustine/on the good of widowhood /section 10 nor because i.htm

Ruth and Naomi.
... because Naomi means "pleasant" and Mara means "bitter," and the sorrowing widow
felt that ... Ruth wished to do something to help support herself and her mother-in ...
//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/wee ones bible stories/ruth and naomi.htm

Ruth, the Gleaner
... Now she was returning to her native town of Bethlehem, a childless, lonely widow. ...
But the other one, whose name was Ruth, clung to Naomi, and would not leave ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/steedman/the babe in the bulrushes/ruth the gleaner.htm

The Son of the Maker is Like unto his Father as Maker!
... She was a widow for Thy sake ... Ruth lay down by a man in the threshingfloor for Thy
sake; her love made her bold for Thy sake, O Thou that teachest all penitents ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn vii the son of.htm

A Gentle Heroine, a Gentile Convert
... of Moab, and chose the joyless lot of the widowed companion of a widow aged and ... numbers
its virgin martyrs by the score, than this sweet figure of Ruth, as the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/a gentle heroine a gentile.htm

The Return from the Sepulchre.
... of Suphan, and was a descendant of Orpha, the widow of Chelion, Noemi's son. Orpha
had married again in Moab. By Orpha, the sister-in-law of Ruth, Mara was ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/chapter liii the return from.htm

Subtopics

Widow

Widow: Anna

Widow: Marriage of, Authorized

Widow: Naomi

Widow: Priests Forbidden to Marry

Widow: Ruth

Widow: The Widow of Nain, Whose Only Son Jesus Raised from the Dead

Widow: The Widow of Zarephath, Who Sustained Elijah During a Famine

Widow: The Woman Who Gave Two Mites (Leptas) in the Temple Courtyard

Widow: The Woman Whose Sons Elisha Saved from Being Sold for Debt

Widow: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To