Virtuous Women In The Bible

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Virtuous Women

Good things come to those who wait. To be virtuous is to hold personal standards high and not waver. Naomi and Ruth are two virtuous women from the Book of Ruth of the King James Bible who continued to wait patiently for their redemption. Faithfulness, patience, loyalty and virtue describe The Book of Ruth of the King James Bible (Apostolic Study Bible, 444-451). Two women, who have lost their worldly treasures, venture out together and learn to live all over again. Naomi has lost everything a woman holds value to and still manages to keep her faith and hold patience as her world is being shaken around her. Her daughter-in-law, Ruth, presents faithfulness, patience and utmost loyalty to her mother-in-law, as she cannot desolate her to start her life again. Redemption came after a long journey back …show more content…

Despite their devastating losses, these two virtuous women prove their loyalty and faithfulness.
Loosing anything of value is devastating to ones self. Loosing virtue hurts more than one’s self, it hurts those who are close by because virtue, although kept to one’s self, is see outwardly through a meek and humble person. Naomi and Ruth are two women who had lost deep, soul quenching treasures and still maintain virtuous. They kept high, the standard of faithfulness, patience, and loyalty as their world was in a storm around them. The Book of Ruth tells us that Naomi is the wife of Elimelech and the mother of Mahlon and Chilion. Naomi’s sons married Ruth and Orpha. (Apostolic Study Bible, Ruth 1.2-4) Although neither history, nor the bible tells how grand or hard the life of Elimelech and Naomi was. We do know that a storm came their way. The day came when Naomi’s husband died. Nevertheless, just as a woman is considered widowed today, the death of Naomi’s husband caused her to become a widow. However, Naomi was not alone for long. Her two sons and daughters-in-law were with her. Within a ten-year span, Ruth and Oprha’s husbands died and

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