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Ruth 1 · Preschool

Ruth Stays

Name Date

Color Ruth and Naomi walking together! Ruth said, Where you go, I will go.

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.

Ruth 1:16 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: Ruth loved Naomi and would not leave her. Ruth also chose to follow Naomi's God.

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Ruth 1 · Kindergarten

Together

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

GO
WITH
HER
RUTH
When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.

Ruth 1:18 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

RUTH
ROAD
HOME
LOVE

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw two friends walking together.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for friends who stay with me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Who is someone you love to be with?
  • How can you stay with a friend who is sad?

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Ruth 1 · Grade 1

Where You Go

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

NAOMI
RUTH
MOAB
BARLEY
When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.

Ruth 1:18 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

There was no food in Bethlehem.
The family moved to Moab.
Naomi was sad and alone.
Ruth said, I will go with you.
They came at barley harvest.

Ruth and Naomi

Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.

They come at barley harvest

The sons marry Orpah and Ruth

Ruth says, Where you go, I will go

A famine in the land

Draw two friends walking together.

Memory Verse

“When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.”

Ruth 1:18 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for friends who stay with me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why did Naomi want to go home?
  • Why do you think Ruth stayed with Naomi?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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Ruth 1 · Grade 2

Where You Go, I Will Go

Name Date

Read the Story

There was no food in Bethlehem. A man named Elimelech took his wife Naomi and their two sons to the land of Moab. The sons married women named Orpah and Ruth.

Sadly, Elimelech died. Then both sons died too. Naomi heard that God had given food to His people again. She started to go home to Bethlehem.

Naomi said to Orpah and Ruth, Go back to your mothers. Orpah kissed her and went back. But Ruth stayed. Ruth said, Where you go, I will go. Your people will be my people, and your God my God. They came to Bethlehem when the barley harvest began.

Memory Verse

Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.

Ruth 1:16 (WEB)

Show What You Know

Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.

  1. Where did the family move?

  2. What were the names of the sons' wives?

    Orpah and RuthYour God will be my GodOrpah

  3. What did Naomi hear?

  4. Who went back?

    Orpah and RuthYour God will be my GodOrpah

  5. What did Ruth say about Naomi's God?

Word Search

Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.

FBPCMARAVWMAORPAHILFLRRMHYGPNCFLSOYOWEAGAEHAFRFOOJMYUBSUMPMPIKKEFTCLISNLRSTHNEOSE
  • FAMINE
  • PEOPLE
  • BARLEY
  • NAOMI
  • ORPAH
  • RUTH
  • MOAB
  • MARA

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for friends who stay with me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you stay close to someone who is sad?
  • Why did Naomi feel empty?

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Ruth 1 · Grade 3

Ruth's Choice

Name Date

Read the Story

In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine. Elimelech of Bethlehem Judah went to Moab with his wife Naomi and his sons Mahlon and Chilion. The sons married Orpah and Ruth.

Elimelech died, and then Mahlon and Chilion died. Naomi was left without her husband and her two sons. She heard that Yahweh had visited His people in giving them bread, so she started home.

Naomi told her daughters-in-law to return to their mothers' houses. Orpah kissed her and went back. But Ruth said, Where you go, I will go. Your people will be my people, and your God my God. In Bethlehem, Naomi said, Don't call me Naomi. Call me Mara. They arrived at the beginning of barley harvest.

Memory Verse

Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.

Ruth 1:16 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. When did this story happen?

  2. What were the sons' names?

  3. Why did Naomi start home?

  4. What did Naomi ask people to call her?

  5. When did they arrive in Bethlehem?

Ruth and Naomi

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for friends who stay with me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How was Ruth different from Orpah?
  • What does loyal love look like?

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Ruth 1 · Grade 4

Loyal Love

Name Date

Read and Think

The book of Ruth is set in the days when the judges judged, the same dark time we read about in Judges. A famine drove Elimelech of Bethlehem to Moab with his wife Naomi and their sons. The sons married Moabite women, Orpah and Ruth. After about ten years, Naomi had lost her husband and both sons.

When Naomi heard Yahweh had given His people bread, she set out for Judah. She urged Orpah and Ruth to go home, praying Yahweh would deal kindly with them as they had with her. She said she had no more sons to offer them. Orpah kissed her and returned to her people and her god.

Ruth clung to Naomi. She said, Where you go, I will go; where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God. She promised that only death would part them. In Bethlehem, the whole city was excited. Naomi said she went out full but Yahweh brought her home empty. Yet Ruth was with her, and the barley harvest was beginning.

Show What You Know

  1. When is the book of Ruth set?

  2. What did Naomi pray for Orpah and Ruth?

  3. To what did Orpah return?

  4. What did Naomi say about going out and coming home?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

peopleRuthOrpahgodNaomi
  1. The book of is set in the days when the judges judged, the same dark time we read about in Judges.
  2. A famine drove Elimelech of Bethlehem to Moab with his wife and their sons.
  3. The sons married Moabite women, and Ruth.
  4. When Naomi heard Yahweh had given His bread, she set out for Judah.
  5. Orpah kissed her and returned to her people and her .

Think About It

  1. Ruth chose to stay with Naomi when it was hard. Who is someone you can be loyal to when life is hard for them?

  2. Naomi felt empty, yet Ruth was right beside her. How might God be caring for you in ways you do not notice yet?

Memory Verse

Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.

Ruth 1:16 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for friends who stay with me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why is it important that Ruth was from Moab?
  • How is Ruth's story different from the stories in Judges?

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Ruth 1 · Grade 5

Your God My God

Name Date

Read and Think

The opening words connect Ruth to Judges: In the days when the judges judged. While Israel did what was right in its own eyes, a quiet story unfolded in one family from Bethlehem Judah. Famine drove Elimelech to Moab, where his sons Mahlon and Chilion married Orpah and Ruth. Within about ten years, Naomi lost her husband and both sons.

Hearing that Yahweh had visited His people in giving them bread, Naomi set out for home with her daughters-in-law. Three times she urged them to return. She blessed them, asking Yahweh to grant them rest, each in the house of a husband, and she argued that she had no hope of sons for them. She said Yahweh's hand had gone out against her. Orpah kissed her and went back to her people and her god.

Ruth refused. Her words are among the most famous in Scripture: Where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God. She bound herself with an oath in Yahweh's name, so a Moabite woman now trusted Israel's God. In Bethlehem, Naomi asked to be called Mara, saying the Almighty had dealt very bitterly with her; she went out full and came home empty. Yet the chapter closes with two signs of hope: Ruth beside her, and the beginning of barley harvest.

Show What You Know

  1. How do the opening words connect Ruth to Judges?

  2. How many times did Naomi urge them to return?

  3. What did Naomi ask Yahweh to grant them?

  4. In whose name did Ruth make her oath?

  5. What two signs of hope close the chapter?

Crossword

52431

Across

  1. The country where the family moved
  2. The name Naomi asked to be called

Down

  1. Why the family left Bethlehem
  2. Elimelech's wife
  3. She kissed Naomi and went back

Think About It

  1. Ruth left her own people and gods to follow Yahweh. What does it cost to follow God fully?

  2. In the same dark days as Judges, God was working in one family. How can God be at work in quiet places when the world seems dark?

Memory Verse

Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.

Ruth 1:16 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for friends who stay with me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Where do you see small signs that God was already at work for Naomi?
  • What would it look like for you to choose God the way Ruth did?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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