Quotes About Community

But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.

My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.

They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,

You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,

You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked.

When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,

the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.

because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

The dying man blessed me, and I made the widowís heart sing for joy.

I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.

I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.

They cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.

if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—

though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my motherís womb I guided the widow—

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

if the men of my house have not said, ëWho is there who has not had his fill?í—

but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—

Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.

that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people.

All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.

Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.