Pentecost Season · Proper 26 · Year B
Ruth 1:1-18
Ruth's Loyalty to Naomi
October 31, 2027
Overview & Insights
"Where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God." (Ruth 1:16)
After famine and the deaths of her husband and sons leave Naomi bereft in Moab, she urges her daughters-in-law to return home, but Ruth refuses to leave her and pledges lifelong loyalty to Naomi and to her God.
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Commentary
Working Preacher: Commentary on Ruth 1:1-18 Working Preacher
Lutheran lectionary commentary on Ruth's pledge of loyalty for the complementary track.
Enduring Word: Ruth 1 Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on Naomi's loss and Ruth's clinging.
Precept Austin: Ruth Commentaries Precept Austin
Collected verse-by-verse resources and commentators for the book of Ruth.
BibleHub: Commentaries on Ruth 1:1 BibleHub
Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the famine and the journey to Moab.
CEP: Ruth 1:1-18 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
Reformed preaching commentary on grief, loyalty, and God's hidden providence.
Background & Word Study
Enter the Bible: Ruth Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary's scholarly introduction to the book of Ruth.
BibleProject: Ruth Overview BibleProject
Animated overview of the story and themes of Ruth.
Sefaria: Ruth 1 (Hebrew) Sefaria
Hebrew text with English and classical Jewish commentary on the chapter.
BibleHub: Ruth 1 Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.
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