Get a random Bible verse from the Book of Ruth — a story of loyalty, love and redemption.
Ruth 1:16
And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, [or] to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people [shall be] my people, and thy God my God:
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About the Book of Ruth
Ruth is a short, tender story of loyalty set in the dark days of the judges. A young Moabite widow follows her mother-in-law Naomi to Bethlehem and there finds not only barley fields but a redeemer, Boaz.
Its 4 chapters and only 85 verses hold one of the most famous pledges of devotion in all of literature: "for whither thou goest, I will go" (Ruth 1:16). The story moves from famine and bereavement to harvest, a midnight meeting at the threshing floor, and the legal drama by which a kinsman-redeemer claims the family name. The book ends with a marriage that leads to the family line of King David — and, in Matthew's genealogy, to Jesus himself.
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Key themes in Ruth
Loyalty
Kindness
Redemption
Providence
Trust
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Pick a chapter to draw a random verse from Ruth 1–4.
Ruth 1:16And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, [or] to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people [shall be] my people, and thy God my God:
Ruth 1:17Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, [if ought] but death part thee and me.
Ruth 2:12The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Ruth 3:11And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou [art] a virtuous woman.
Ruth 2:20And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed [be] he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man [is] near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
Ruth 4:14And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed [be] the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
Ruth tells how a Moabite widow's loyalty to her mother-in-law led her to Bethlehem, where she married the kinsman-redeemer Boaz and became the great-grandmother of King David.
How many chapters are in Ruth?
The Book of Ruth has 4 chapters and 85 verses in the King James Version (1769).