Choice Quote by Jonathan Edwards

“Don’t do as Orpah did, who, though at first she made as though she would follow Naomi, yet when she had the difficulty of…

— Jonathan Edwards

“And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and…

— Pam Jenoff

At one level, the message of the book of Ruth is that the life of the godly is not a straight line to glory,…

— John Piper

“Orpah and Ruth; who will represent to us two sorts of professors of religion: Orpah, that sort that indeed make a fair profession, and…

— Jonathan Edwards

“Because this history seems to be typical of the calling of the Gentile church, and indeed of the conversion of every believer. Ruth was…

— Jonathan Edwards

[God] wants to teach men and women how to walk together in union and be great-to teach this people how to be bound to…

— Erastus Snow

“Where in the Bible does the young woman initiate a marriage?' Nobody asked bitterly. 'Ahem, well, now that you mention it, in the book…

— John J. Horn

“But even though Naomi was at her lowest point, Ruth somehow saw a glimmer of hope in her mother-in-law—who had a relationship with the…

— J. Lee Grady

“. . . the story of Ruth . . .was written to give us encouragement and hope that all the perplexing turns in our…

— John Piper

“God gave the Israelites the Promised Land but told them they’d have to take what was theirs in fierce battle.”

— Beth Moore

“God is looking for a willing heart. He is searching for few like Easther....who will say if I perish I perish! God is looking…

— Patience Johnson

The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory.

— George Eliot