Formation Journal Reading Plan

3:1 Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?

3:2 Now isn’t Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens you were? Behold, he winnows barley tonight in the threshing floor.

3:3 Therefore wash yourself, anoint yourself, get dressed, and go down to the threshing floor, but don’t make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.

3:4 It shall be, when he lies down, that you shall mark the place where he shall lie, and you shall go in, and uncover his feet, and lay down; then he will tell you what you shall do.”

3:5 She said to her, “All that you say I will do.”

3:6 She went down to the threshing floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law told her.

3:7 When Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. She came softly, uncovered his feet, and laid her down.

3:8 It happened at midnight, that the man was startled and turned himself; and behold, a woman lay at his feet.

3:9 He said, “Who are you?” She answered, “I am Ruth your handmaid. Therefore spread your skirt over your handmaid; for you are a near kinsman.”

3:10 He said, “Blessed are you by Yahweh, my daughter. You have shown more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as you didn’t follow young men, whether poor or rich.

3:11 Now, my daughter, don’t be afraid; I will do to you all that you say; for all the city of my people does know that you are a worthy woman.

3:12 Now it is true that I am a near kinsman; however there is a kinsman nearer than I.

3:13 Stay this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform for you the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part. But if he will not do the part of a kinsman for you, then will I do the part of a kinsman for you, as Yahweh lives. Lie down until the morning.”

3:14 She lay at his feet until the morning. She rose up before one could discern another. For he said, “Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”

3:15 He said, “Bring the mantle that is on you, and hold it.” She held it; and he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her; and he went into the city.

3:16 When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, “How did it go, my daughter?” She told her all that the man had done to her.

3:17 She said, “He gave me these six measures of barley; for he said, ‘Don’t go empty to your mother-in-law.’”

3:18 Then she said, “Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest, until he has finished the thing this day.”

137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

137:2 On the willows in its midst, we hung up our harps.

137:3 For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

137:4 How can we sing Yahweh’s song in a foreign land?

137:5 If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.

137:6 Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you; if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.

137:7 Remember, Yahweh, against the children of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, “Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!”

137:8 Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who rewards you, as you have served us.

137:9 Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.

1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.

1:3 All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.

1:4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

1:5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.

1:6 There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.

1:7 The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.

1:8 He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.

1:9 The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.

1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn’t recognize him.

1:11 He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him.

1:12 But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

1:13 who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

1:14 The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

1:15 John testified about him. He cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.’”

1:16 From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.

1:17 For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.

1:18 No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.