All virtuous women are calm in character, and cannot easily be provoked, this is because they have rule or mastery over their spirit. c) Kindness In RUTH 3:3-11 Naomi instructed Ruth to show kindness to Boaz who later blessed her acknowledging that she was a virtuous woman. It says, “So she went down to the threshing floor and did according to all that her mother-in-law instructed her… Then he said, “Blessed are you of the LORD, my daughter! For you have shown more kindness at the end than at the beginning, in that you did not go after young men, whether poor or rich. And now, my daughter, do not fear. I will do for you all that you request, for all the people of my town know that you are a virtuous woman.”” As seen above, kindness is the nature of all virtuous women. d) Covenant keepers Their word is stronger than a contract because of the depth anchored in it. RUTH 1:8-22 speaks of Naomi and her two daughters-in-law namely Orpah and Ruth who both lost their husbands. She later entreated them to return to their people because of how hard the situations of life were, and this what Scripture says. “But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? Turn back, my daughters, go—for I am Page | 18
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