Bible Verses About Ruth: 12

"But Ruth replied, "Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me." … Boaz replied, "I've been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before. May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge." … So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. The women said to Naomi: "Praise be to the Lord, who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel! He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth." The women living there said, "Naomi has a son!" And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.""

— Ruth 1:16-17; 2:11-12; 4:13-17 (NIV)

People who search bible verses about Ruth want Scripture on Ruwth — Ruth the Moabitess whose loyalty to Naomi and place in David's line fill the book of Ruth — not only faith alone, hope alone, or trust alone as generic themes. This page is a numbered list of twelve passages with the NIV text and a short note on each. Related lists: Bible verses about faith, Bible verses about hope, Bible verses about trust, Bible verses about obedience, Bible verses about prayer, Bible verses about worship, Bible verses about Deborah, Bible verses about Samson, Bible verses about Gideon, Bible verses about Rahab's faith, Bible verses about Jesus, Bible verses about Christ, and Bible verse of the day. Ruth here means the Moabitess of the book of Ruth — distinct from generic faith lists and from Deborah or Samson exclusives alone. Ruth's loyalty to Naomi is what the Bible says about loyalty.

Word study (lead theme). In Hebrew, רוּת Ruwth (Strong's H7327; Bible Hub H7327) — Ruth. In Ruth 1 she clings to Naomi; in Ruth 2 Boaz blesses her under the Lord's wings; in Ruth 4 she bears Obed in David's line. This list tracks that Ruth inventory — not faith-alone twelve or hope-alone twelve.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ruth 1 presses Ruth's resolve to go with Naomi and take her God (Bible Hub MHC Ruth 1; Blue Letter Bible, Matthew Henry on Ruth 1). (Faith, hope, and trust pages live elsewhere; this list centers Ruth.)

12 Bible verses about Ruth

Ruth 1:14. "At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her." Ruth clung — Orpah left. See Bible verses about faith.
Ruth 1:16-17. "But Ruth replied, "Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me."" Where you go I will go — your God my God. See Bible verses about trust.
Ruth 1:18. "When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her." Determined — Naomi stopped urging. See Bible verses about obedience.
Ruth 1:22. "So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest was beginning." Ruth the Moabite — to Bethlehem. See Bible verses about hope.
Ruth 2:2. "And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, "Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor." Naomi said to her, "Go ahead, my daughter."" Gleaning — leftover grain. See Bible verses about faith.
Ruth 2:11-12. "Boaz replied, "I've been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before. May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge."" Under whose wings — refuge. See Bible verses about trust.
Ruth 2:20. ""The Lord bless him!" Naomi said to her daughter-in-law. "He has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and the dead." She added, "That man is our close relative; he is one of our guardian-redeemers."" Guardian-redeemer named. See Bible verses about hope.
Ruth 3:9. ""Who are you?" he asked. "I am your servant Ruth," she said. "Spread the corner of your garment over me, since you are a guardian-redeemer of our family."" Spread your garment — guardian-redeemer. See Bible verses about faith.
Ruth 3:11. "And now, my daughter, don't be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All the people of my town know that you are a woman of noble character." Woman of noble character. See Bible verses about wisdom.
Ruth 4:13. "So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son." The Lord enabled — a son. See Bible verses about hope.
Ruth 4:14-17. "The women said to Naomi: "Praise be to the Lord, who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel! He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth." The women living there said, "Naomi has a son!" And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David." Obed — Jesse — David. See Bible verses about Christ.
Matthew 1:5. "Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse," Ruth named in Jesus' genealogy. See Bible verses about Jesus.

How to use these verses

Pick one verse when you need Ruth — not twelve as a grind. If you need "where you go I will go," start at Ruth 1:16–17. If you need refuge under the Lord's wings, open Ruth 2:11–12. If you need the lineage to David, open Ruth 4:13–17. For Deborah's leadership in the judges era, open Bible verses about Deborah. For Samson's Nazirite story, open Bible verses about Samson. For a daily verse, open Bible verse of the day.

Questions people ask

What is a good Bible verse about Ruth?

Ruth 1:16–17 is the clear starting place; Ruth 2:11–12 and 4:13–17 press the refuge blessing and the lineage to David.

How do Bible verses about Ruth differ from faith alone?

Faith pages gather believing God in general. This list centers Ruth the Moabitess — loyalty, gleaning, and redemption in David's line.

What Hebrew word sits under Ruth?

Ruwth (H7327) — Ruth.

Why isn't a generic hope list the exclusive center of this page?

Those exclusive hope leads stay on the hope hub so the lists stay distinct (this page owns the Ruth loyalty and redeemer inventory above).

How is Ruth different from Rahab's faith alone?

Rahab pages gather the Jericho spy who believed. This list centers Ruth's cling to Naomi and her place in Matthew's genealogy.