Ruth 1:2-22 WEB

The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:7

Ruth 1:7Her two daughters-in-law with her.The promising commencementHere we have the most happy and promising commencement of a new work. We see them all set out together upon the same road and apparently for the same result. No one who saw them set out upon their journey could anticipate that they would voluntarily separate, or imagine that one was more likely than the other to reach the end proposed. We are obliged to wait until succeeding trials shall bring their real characters individually... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:8

Ruth 1:8The Lord deal kindly with you. Naomi’s prayer for her daughters-in-lawI. That it is a duty to pray for those which do either us or ours good.II. That at parting friends are to pray one for another, as we may see the practice of it in Isaac (Genesis 28:1; Genesis 28:3); Laban (Genesis 31:55); Jacob (Genesis 43:14); and in Paul (Acts 20:36).III. That the godly are persuaded that the Lord is a merciful rewarder of the duties of love which one doth towards another (Colossians 3:24).IV. That... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:9

Ruth 1:9The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.The rest of marriage1. Man’s Maker is the chief maker of all men and women’s marriages in the world. It is the work of God to provide an helpmeet for man, hence it is called the covenant of God (Proverbs 2:17), and therefore honourable to all (Hebrews 13:4). Religious Naomi looks up here unto God, saying in effect, “The Lord grant you good husbands.”Grace should be sought for, in the first place, in those... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:10

Ruth 1:10Surely we will return with thee.Promises and purposesI. Promises of speech and purposes of heart, whether to God, to His church, or to individuals, ought to go hand in hand. If a man’s word does not express his meaning and bind him, nothing can.II. Promises and purposes often proceed from passion instead of principle.III. Promises and purposes proceeding merely from passion soon fall to the ground. “I go, sir,” one said in the Gospels, and “went not.” Some persons melting under the... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:11-13

Ruth 1:11-13It grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.Naomi’s parting addressThis is a great aggravation of the afflictions of many parents, that their children are involved with themselves. They could bear poverty, they could bear reproach, they could bear death itself, had they none who depended on them for bread and for respectability in the world. God has the same right to rule over the fruit of our bodies as over ourselves, and to allot to them... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:14

Ruth 1:14Orpah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth clave unto her.Orpah’s defectionI. Worldly respects are great hindrances in the course of godliness. The world keepeth from the entertaining of the truth (Matthew 22:5); it hindereth in the receiving of it.II. An unsound heart may for a time make a fair show in the way to Canaan, but yet turn back at the last, as Orpah doth here. And this is by reason, first, of certain motions of religion, which maketh them in general to approve of the same;... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:15

Ruth 1:15Thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods.Backsliding1. The backslidings of such as set out fair, and do begin well, is a sore temptation to young converts and proselytes. It was no less to the very disciples themselves (John 6:66-67). Thus it was also an occasion of stumbling unto the primitive Christians to behold the backslidings of two such forward professors as Hymenaeus and Philetus had been; insomuch that the apostle saith to them, “Nevertheless the... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:16-17

Ruth 1:16-17Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return.Ruth and NaomiI. Every person is tested. Sooner or later, but certainly. The tests will vary in severity with the cases. In every case they will be conclusive, determining the genuineness of the life professed. They cannot be evaded. If one is for Christ, he will continue with Him. The test of God cannot be too severe. The true follower cannot be driven away. To the strongest appeals he replies: “Lord, to whom shall I go?”II.... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:18

Ruth 1:18When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.Trust after testingAfter proof and trial made of their fidelity we are to trust our brethren, without any further suspicion. Not to try before we trust is want of wisdom; not to trust after we have tried is want of charity. The goldsmith must purify the dross and ore from the gold, but he must be wary lest he makes waste of good metal if over-curious in too often refining. We may search and... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:19

Ruth 1:19So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. ConstancyI. That they are to be admitted into our fellowship whom we find to be constant in a good course, and true lovers of goodness, whatsoever they were before. Naomi thus admits of Ruth, no doubt, with great comfort. Thus Paul alloweth of Mark (2 Timothy 4:11), though before he had refused him (Acts 15:38), and willeth others to entertain him (Colossians 4:10-11).II. That God leaveth not His in distress, or altogether comfortless.... read more

The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:7

The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:8

The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:9

The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:10

The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:11-13

The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:14

The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:15

The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:16-17

The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:18

The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:19

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