2758 verses about Community

the Jews established, and imposed on themselves, and on their descendants, and on all those who joined themselves to them, so that it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to what was written, and according to its appointed time, every year;

and that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor their memory perish from their offspring,

Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim.

to confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times, as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had decreed, and as they had imposed upon themselves and their descendants, in the matter of the fastings and their cry.

For Mordecai the Jew was next to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted by the multitude of his brothers, seeking the good of his people, and speaking peace to all his descendants.

His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his birthday; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.

When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and didn’t recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads toward the sky.

So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.

when I went out to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.

For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it commended me:

They are driven out from among men. They cry after them as after a thief;

if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?’

(the foreigner has not camped in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);

Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.

Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high.

As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.

I will declare your name to my brothers. Among the assembly, I will praise you.

My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless Yahweh.

Oh magnify Yahweh with me. Let us exalt his name together.

I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.

I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.

These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I used to go with the crowd, and led them to God’s house, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day.

She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.

Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number its towers.

Mark well her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation.

We took sweet fellowship together. We walked in God’s house with company.

Your congregation lived therein. You, God, prepared your goodness for the poor.

The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company.

“Bless God in the congregations, even the Lord in the assembly of Israel!”

There is little Benjamin, their ruler, the princes of Judah, their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.

Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance; Mount Zion, in which you have lived.

You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves.

For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.

Yahweh loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

Yes, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one was born in her”; the Most High himself will establish her.

Yahweh will count, when he writes up the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah.

Those who sing as well as those who dance say, “All my springs are in you.”

They are planted in Yahweh’s house. They will flourish in our God’s courts.

Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come into his courts.

when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.

that I may see the prosperity of your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.

And gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.

There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in,

Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.

Praise Yah! I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.

I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people.

I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people,

in the courts of Yahweh’s house, in the middle of you, Jerusalem. Praise Yah!

I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.

Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.

Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to Yahweh’s house!”

Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem;

Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact together;

where the tribes go up, even Yah’s tribes, according to an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to Yahweh’s name.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.

Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.

For my brothers’ and companions’ sakes, I will now say, “Peace be within you.”

For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forward and forever more.

When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.

Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won’t be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

May Yahweh bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

It is like the precious oil on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aaron’s beard; that came down on the edge of his robes;

like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion: for there Yahweh gives the blessing, even life forever more.

How can we sing Yahweh’s song in a foreign land?

Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.

One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts.

Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.

He has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise Yah!

Praise Yahweh! Sing to Yahweh a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints.

My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.

If they say, “Come with us. Let’s lay in wait for blood. Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.

You shall cast your lot among us. We’ll all have one purse.”

Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.

She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:

Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you.

Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

I have come to the brink of utter ruin, among the gathered assembly.”

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there is shouting.

By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.

In the multitude of people is the king’s glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.

A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.

A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.

An unfriendly man pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.

A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars of a fortress.

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.

Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.

Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.

As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.