Ruth key verses

Ruth 1:16 “Where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.”

Ruth’s vow of loyal love and faith

Ruth 1:21 “I went away full, and the LORD has brought me back empty.”

Naomi’s emptiness, soon to be reversed

Ruth 2:12 “The LORD repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!”

Boaz’s blessing on Ruth’s faith

Ruth 2:20 “The man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeemers.”

Boaz identified as a kinsman-redeemer

Ruth 3:9 “Spread your wings over your servant, for you are a redeemer.”

Ruth’s appeal for redemption

Ruth 4:14 “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a redeemer, and may his name be renowned in Israel!”

The joy of redemption

Ruth 4:17 “They named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.”

The line to the king, and to Christ