So a virtuous woman is one who puts her trust not in her own abilities, but in God’s favour, for only God can put her at the right place at the right time to be blessed and be a blessing. God did that for Ruth, and she ended up not only marrying the rich man Boaz and redeeming Noami’s inheritance, but also in the genealogy of our Lord Jesus Christ. Hallelujah!

So a virtuous woman is someone who fears or reveres or worships the Lord. Indeed, she shall be praised because "her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her". (Proverbs 31:28) May we Christian men – when we are married – learn to praise our wives, because our praises will affirm our wives as virtuous women, and they will continue to blossom like a beautiful, radiant flower.