Quotes about Community
Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,
— Nehemiah 12:34
The two thanksgiving choirs then stood in the house of God, as did I, along with the half of the officials accompanying me,
— Nehemiah 12:40
On that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar.
— Nehemiah 12:43
In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
— Nehemiah 13:23
For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”
— Esther 8:6
In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.
— Esther 9:2
Job’s sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
— Job 1:4
My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.
— Job 19:15
When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
— Job 29:7
I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
— Job 30:28
if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—
— Job 31:17
if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
— Job 31:21