Quotes About Community

He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.

A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.

Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,

Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

Seldom set foot in your neighborís house, lest he grow weary and hate you.

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—a stranger, and not your own lips.

Do not forsake your friend or your fatherís friend, and do not go to your brotherís house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.

Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the Law.

the locusts have no king, yet they all advance in formation;

Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.

She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.

Her husband is known at the city gate, where he sits among the elders of the land.

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.

For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!

Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?

And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.

If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.

I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”