Ruth (Discussion Questions)

Read Ruth 1-4
The name Ruth means friendship.

• After reading the story of Ruth, what qualities did Ruth express?
• Are these qualities similar to your description of a good friend?
• Would Ruth make a good friend? Why or why not?
• What kind of a family member was Ruth?
• What happened to Ruth?
• What major sacrifice does Ruth make? [gives up her family and training to establish her relationship with God]
• What kind of a helper was she to Naomi?
• Would you have left your homeland to follow someone not your mother?
• Can you imagine Ruth being less than happy to serve?
• Why was she willing to follow Naomi?
• What was her reward for unselfed loving?
• What kind of work did she do?
• Who did she marry?
• What is the name of her first child?