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She is the Moabite woman who chose loyalty over comfort.
Who is Ruth?
Naomi and Ruth traveled from Moab back to this town.
What is Bethlehem?
Ruth first met Boaz while doing this humble task.
What is gleaning?
Ruth’s devotion to Naomi is an example of this virtue.
What is loyalty?
Ruth became the great‑grandmother of this famous king.
Who is David?
She changed her name to “Mara” because she felt the Lord had dealt bitterly with her.
Who is Naomi?
This foreign land is where Naomi’s family lived during the famine.
What is Moab?
Naomi instructed Ruth to visit Boaz at this time.
What is nighttime / after the threshing?
Boaz’s actions toward Ruth demonstrate this biblical principle.
What is kindness (or compassion)?
This man was the father of Jesse.
Who is Obed?
He was a wealthy landowner and relative of Elimelech.
Who is Boaz?
Ruth gleaned in the fields located in this region.
What is Bethlehem‑Judah?
Boaz praised Ruth for showing this quality by staying with Naomi.
What is loyalty (or kindness)?
The story of Ruth shows how God works through ordinary people to fulfill this.
What is His divine plan?
Ruth is one of the few women mentioned in this New Testament genealogy.
What is the genealogy of Jesus?
He was the closer relative who declined to redeem Naomi’s land.
Who is the unnamed kinsman?
Naomi’s family originally left Bethlehem because of this crisis.
What is a famine?
Ruth laid at Boaz’s feet as a symbolic request for this.
What is redemption / covering?
Ruth’s inclusion in the lineage of David highlights this theme.
What is redemption?
Ruth’s marriage to Boaz continued the family line of this man, Naomi’s husband.
Who is Elimelech?
He is the child born to Ruth and Boaz.
Who is Obed?
This location is where Boaz held the legal proceedings with the elders.
What is the city gate?
The women of Bethlehem blessed Naomi, saying Ruth was better than this many sons.
What is seven?
Ruth’s story teaches that God can bring blessing out of this difficult emotion Naomi felt.
What is bitterness?
Ruth’s story ultimately connects to this major biblical event in the New Testament.
What is the birth of Jesus Christ?