and I ask you to give her a Christian welcome – one worthy of Christ’s people – and to aid her in any matter in which she may need your assistance. She has proved herself a staunch friend and protector and to many others.
Ruth 1:6
So she set out with her daughters-in-law to return from the land of Moab, for she had heard that the Lord had remembered his people and given them food.
Ruth 1:10
and said to her, “No, we will return with you to your people.”
Ruth 1:15
“Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law is going back to her own people and to her own gods. Go along with her!”
Ruth 1:16
But Ruth answered, “Do not urge me to leave you or to go back. I will go where you go, and I will stay wherever you stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God;
Ruth 1:20
“Do not call me Naomi,” she said to them, “call me Mara, for the Almighty has given me a bitter lot.