The Book of Ruth relates that Ruth and Orpah, two women of Moab, had married two sons of Elimelech and Naomi, Judeans who had settled in Moab to escape a famine in Judah. The husbands of all three women die; Naomi plans to return to her native Bethlehem and urges her daughters-in-law to return to their families.
And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, 2 Timothy 2:24
And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Luke 1:30 (ESV)
“Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their...