And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and [how] thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
Ver. 11. It hath fully been showed me.] Her faith to God and love to her mother-in-law was much noted and noticed. See 1 Thessalonians 1:8. Fame a followeth virtue, as the shadow doth the body, at the heels. "Since thou hast been precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable." Isa 43:4 By faith those "elders obtained a good report," Heb 11:2 as Abel, who, "being dead, yet speaketh," or, is spoken of, as some render it, Heb 11:4 and as Abraham, who forsook all, and followed God into a strange country; so did this daughter of Abraham, and was famous for it, yea, renowned. See Psalms 37:6; Psalms 112:6 .
All that thou hast done unto thy mother-ln-law.] A sure sign of thy true love to thy late husband, and how greatly thou prizest holiness in his mother, a happy instrument of thy conversion. Ruth was lovely, and therefore loved: Ut ameris amabilis esto.
a "If there be any virtue, if any praise." - Philippians 4:8 .