ROMANS 15:13 New International Version

“I pray that God, who gives you hope, will keep you happy and full of peace as you believe in Him. May you overflow with hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.”

RUTH 1:16-17 New International Version

“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.”

RUTH 1:20-21 New International Version

“‘Don’t call me Naomi,’ she told them. ‘Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter. I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.’”

RUTH 2:3 New International Version

“So she went out, and began to glean behind the harvesters. As it turned out, she found herself working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.”

RUTH 3:8-11 Living Bible

“Suddenly, around midnight, he wakened and sat up, started. There was a woman lying at his feet! ‘Who are you?’ he demanded. ‘It’s I, sir – Ruth,’ she replied. ‘Make me your wife according to God’s law, for you are my close relative.’ ‘Thank God for a girl like you!” he exclaimed… ‘Now don’t worry about a thing, my child; I’ll handle all the details, for everyone knows what a wonderful person you are.’”

RUTH 4:13 New International Version

“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.”

RUTH 4:17 New International Version

“And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.”