Day 63: November 19, 2025 – Ruth 1-4, Psalms 45 and 58, Proverbs 31

I learned a few things about Ruth while I read this morning. I learned that this event took place during the reign of the Judges. That shouldn’t surprise me since Ruth is the mother of Jesse who then fathered David. So we are really close to the end of the time of the Judges since Saul and David close out that time as they become kings. I also learned that there was no scandal involved in the marriage of Boaz and Ruth. I had originally thought that there was so me conniving on the part of Ruth in order to get Boaz to marry her. But no, Boaz was completely upright and Ruth was an incredibly hard worker who worked day in and day out in the field from morning until evening without stopping. She seems to be portrayed as the hardest of workers.

The Psalms are pretty typical royal psalms which depict a royal wedding that takes place between two who are beloved. We don’t hear about the love that Boaz has for Ruth, just his duty. In fact, he offers Ruth to the closest of kin, and when he refuses her, he performs his duty according to the law and marries here. I wish we had something about love here, but alas, we do not.

Then Proverbs provides us with the classic verses on a godly wife. Much like Ruth she is described primarily as the hardest of workers, not willing to sit around and do nothing.