Proverbs 31:10
8 Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak, for the legal rights of all the dying. 9 Open your mouth, judge in righteousness, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. 10 Who can find a wife of noble character? For her value is far more than rubies. 11 Her husband’s heart has trusted her, and he does not lack the dividends. 12 She has rewarded him with good and not harm all the days of her life.
Ruth 3:11
9 He said, “Who are you?” She replied, “I am Ruth, your servant. Spread your cloak over your servant,32 for you are a guardian of the family interests.” 10 He said, “May you be rewarded by the Lord, my dear! This act of devotion is greater than what you did before. For you have not sought to marry one of the young men, whether rich or poor. 11 Now, my dear, don’t worry! I intend to do for you everything you propose, for everyone at the town gate42 knows that you are a woman of noble character.43 12 Now yes, it is true that I am a guardian, but there is another guardian who is a closer relative than I am. 13 Remain here tonight. Then in the morning, if he agrees to marry you, fine, let him do so. But if he does not want to do so, I promise, as surely as the Lord lives, to marry you. Sleep here until morning.”
Notes and References
"... While the plot of the book of Ruth is intriguing in its own right, through the effective use of echoes and allusions, the narrator seems to betray a familiarity with a wide range of other biblical texts or traditions (Zakovitch, 49-59; Fischer, 47-48). Perhaps the most striking intertextual link is found in Boaz’s characterization of Ruth as a (“woman of nobility”) in Ruth 3:11. The only other occurrence of this phrase in the Hebrew Bible is found in Proverbs 31:10, in the heading of an acrostic portrayal of an honorable woman. Some have also interpreted Naomi as a female Job. The book begins with her struggles over having lost everything, including her family, and ends with the birth of a “son” and the pronouncement that one daughter-in-law like Ruth is to be treasured more than seven sons (Ruth 4:15; compare Job 42:13) ..."
Longman, Tremper, and Peter Enns Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings (p. 679) Inter-Varsity Press, 2008