Quotes About Diversity

“Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.

“Speak to the Israelites and take from them twelve staffs, one from the leader of each tribe. Write each manís name on his staff,

of any beast that is on the earth or bird that flies in the air,

or of any creature that crawls on the ground or fish that is in the waters below.

a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;

the gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, whether from one end of the earth or the other),

the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.

the red kite, the falcon, any kind of kite,

the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,

the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,

Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.

He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.

And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—

Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.

In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah.

At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecaiís orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.

who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.

the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.

both low and high, rich and poor alike.

The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.

Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.

to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.