Ruth 1 in the early church

13 passages quote, allude to, or echo Ruth 1, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.

Verses: 3 · 4 · 5 · 14 · 16 · 22

Ruth 1 as a whole

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ruth 1–Ruth:4	Canon 60 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	ca. 343–381
Ruth 1–Ruth:4	Canon 47 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	397

Ruth 1:3

Then Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ruth 1:3–5	Letter 54.17 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Ruth 1:4

who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years,
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ruth 1:4	Letter to Aristides 5 · Julius Africanus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220–240
Ruth 1:4	Church History 1.7.13 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 300–325
Ruth 1:4	Part 2, chapter 24 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	allusion, high confidence	ca. 445-450

Ruth 1:5

both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and without her husband.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ruth 1:5	Letter 39.5 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Ruth 1:14

Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ruth 1:14	Poem 27, lines 511–541 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 393–431

Ruth 1:16

But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ruth 1:16	Letter 39.5 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ruth 1:16	Letter 108.31 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ruth 1:16	Homilies on Matthew 3.4 · John Chrysostom	allusion, high confidence	ca. 390
Ruth 1:16	Poem 27, lines 511–541 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 393–431

Ruth 1:22

So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ruth 1:22	Commentary on John 13.290 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 230–248