Top 20 Bible Verses About Naomi

Update on March 1, 2020 by Pastor Jack Wellman

The story of Naomi is found in the Bible in the book of Ruth. Naomi lived during the time of the judges. She was the wife of a man named Elimelech, and they lived in Bethlehem with their two sons, Mahlon and Kilion. Naomi’s life portrays the power of God to provide something good out of bad and disheartening circumstances.

Here are our Top 20 Bible Verses about Naomi!

She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

- Ruth 1:20

Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses this day that I have bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and to Mahlon.

- Ruth 4:9

I went away full, and the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi, when the LORD has testified against me and the Almighty has brought calamity upon me?”

- Ruth 1:21

So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabite her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.

- Ruth 1:22

But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb that they may become your husbands?

- Ruth 1:11

Then Naomi took the child and laid him on her lap and became his nurse.

- Ruth 4:16

Then he said to the redeemer, “Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land that belonged to our relative Elimelech.

- Ruth 4:3

And the women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

- Ruth 4:17

And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more.

- Ruth 1:18

The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there.

- Ruth 1:2

And the servant who was in charge of the reapers answered, “She is the young Moabite woman, who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.

- Ruth 2:6

So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. And when they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them. And the women said, “Is this Naomi?”

- Ruth 1:19

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

- Ruth 3:1

And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.”

- Ruth 2:2

And Naomi said to Ruth, her daughter-in-law, “It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his young women, lest in another field you be assaulted.”

- Ruth 2:22

But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons.

- Ruth 1:3

Then Boaz said, “The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the widow of the dead, in order to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance.”

- Ruth 4:5

And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!” Naomi also said to her, “The man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeemers.”

- Ruth 2:20

Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a redeemer, and may his name be renowned in Israel!

- Ruth 4:14

But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go, return each of you to her mother's house. May the LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.

- Ruth 1:8

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