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Bible study · Ruth 3:1-18

Ruth 3: A near kinsman

Read Ruth 3:1-18 before you meet.

In a few lines

Ruth 3 turns on go'el, the near kinsman. Ruth asks Boaz, "spread the corner of your garment over your servant; for you are a near kinsman" (3:9), with kanaf, the word for the LORD's "wings" in 2:12. Boaz answers with the words of her own promise to Naomi (3:5), and Naomi's word for coming home empty (1:21) comes back as "Don’t go empty" (3:17).

The verse to carry

“Now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do to you all that you say; for all the city of my people knows that you are a worthy woman.”

Ruth 3:11

To talk about

  1. 1. Boaz said Ruth had "shown more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning" (3:10). Where has kindness been harder for you to keep up than to start?

  2. 2. Boaz told Ruth, "all the city of my people knows that you are a worthy woman" (3:11). What would you want the people who know you best to be able to say about you?

  3. 3. Naomi said, "Wait, my daughter, until you know what will happen" (3:18). What are you waiting on right now, and what helps you wait?

Prayer requests