100 Bible Verses About Community Building

Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the Lord shall greatly bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:

For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.

Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the Lord shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.

When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.

And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.

Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:

And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.

And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.

Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.

And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.

A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.

And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.

Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.

And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.

The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.

And the Lord said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.

And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.

But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.

His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.

The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.

Judah became His sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.

A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.

Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord.

And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.

Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.

Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.

And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:

And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?

Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not.

For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.

And the Lord’s anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,

He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;

Ye shall not fear them: for the Lord your God he shall fight for you.

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

Go not up, for the Lord is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.

And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.

He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.

And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the Lord; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.

And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the Lord hath commanded, that ye should do them.

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

The Lord is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.

Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.

For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.

After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth–zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.

But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.

Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites.

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.

And these were they which went up also from Tel–melah, Tel–haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.

And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

And Moses spake unto the Lord, saying,

I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;

But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.

And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the Lord: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

When the Lord thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;

But the Lord your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;