Ruth

Who is Ruth? The figure remembered for her loyalty and faithfulness to her mother-in-law. Read the key chapters now.

Ruth is a figure described in the short book that bears her name. She is known for the loyalty and faithfulness with which she did not abandon her mother-in-law in a hard time. The chapters below show her devotion and the peaceful ending of her story. Each link takes you straight to the reading page.

Read the chapters

• Ruth 1

  A chapter recounting a foreign woman's choice not to leave her poor and grieving mother-in-law but to stay with her, beginning a story of loyalty and devotion amid loss and migration.

• Ruth 2
• Ruth 4

Related topics

• Faithfulness & Loyalty

Related places

• Bethlehem

Reading plans

• The Bible in a Year — 365 Days from Cover to Cover

Books

• Ruth

People in the Bible

• People in the Bible

What does the book of Ruth tell?

The book of Ruth is a short narrative of only four chapters that treats the themes of loyalty, faithfulness and kindness within a warm family story.