Quotes about Community
While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”
— Judges 19:22
Then all the people stood as one man and said, “Not one of us will return to his tent or to his house.
— Judges 20:8
So all the men of Israel gathered as one man, united against the city.
— Judges 20:11
So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.
— Judges 21:2
The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.
— Judges 21:4
And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.
— Judges 21:6
For when the people were counted, none of the residents of Jabesh-gilead were there.
— Judges 21:9
And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
— Judges 21:14
The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.
— Judges 21:15
Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”
— Judges 21:16
And at that time, each of the Israelites returned from there to his own tribe and clan, each to his own inheritance.
— Judges 21:24
And now do not be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you request, since all my fellow townspeople know that you are a woman of noble character.
— Ruth 3:11