People & Places
This woman was Ruth’s mother-in-law.
Who is Naomi?
Ruth said these famous words: “Where you go, I will go…” — finishing with this phrase.
What is “your people will be my people, and your God my God”?
What book of the Bible stated it was a law to allow widows and people experiencing poverty to gather leftover grain?
What is Leviticus?
Ruth visited Boaz at night and lay at his feet on this place.
What is the threshing floor?
Ruth and Boaz had a son named ____.
Who is Obed?
Ruth was originally from this country.
What is Moab?
Naomi urged her daughters-in-law to return to this place.
What is their mother’s home in Moab?
Boaz told his men to intentionally leave this for Ruth to collect.
What are heads of barley from the bundles?
Lying at Boaz’s feet was a sign of this.
What is a request for protection or marriage (redemption)?
The story of Ruth shows that God can bring blessing out of this kind of situation.
What is loss, hardship, or sorrow?
Naomi’s husband who died in Moab.
Who is Elimelech?
This daughter-in-law chose to return home instead of staying with Naomi.
Who is Orpah?
Naomi saw Boaz’s kindness as a sign of this.
What is God’s favor or faithfulness?
Before Boaz could marry Ruth, this had to happen first.
What is the nearer relative had to give up his right to redeem her?
The women of Bethlehem praised God for giving Naomi this kind of blessing through Ruth’s child.
What is a redeemer or heir?
The city Naomi and Ruth returned to in Judah.
What is Bethlehem?
Ruth showed loyalty by going to this place to gather leftover grain.
What is the field of Boaz?
Ruth brought Naomi about this much barley after gathering on the first day.
What is an entire basket? (about 30 pounds)
Boaz sealed the deal by taking off this item and giving it to the other man.
What is a sandal?
Ruth’s faithfulness brought her from being a foreigner to being part of this.
What is the lineage of the Messiah (Jesus)?
This relative was closer in line than Boaz to redeem Naomi’s land and marry Ruth, but he refused because it might endanger his own estate.
Who is the unnamed kinsman (the closer redeemer)?
Boaz praised Ruth for showing kindness to him instead of chasing these kinds of men.
Who are younger or richer men?
Throughout the story, God’s provision is shown through ordinary events rather than miracles. Name three specific ways God provided for Ruth and Naomi in everyday circumstances.
Allowing Ruth to “happen” upon Boaz’s field (Ruth 2:3),
Providing food and favor through Boaz’s kindness, and
Bringing about a marriage that restored their family and inheritance?
The marriage of Ruth and Boaz fulfilled God’s plan to continue this family line.
What is the line of David (and ultimately Jesus)?
The genealogy at the end of Ruth (Ruth 4:18–22) connects Ruth to King David. List the generations, in order, between Boaz and David mentioned in that passage.
Who are Obed, Jesse, and David?