Bible Verses of Community

Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of David.

Ruth 4:22

Salmon the father of Boaz, Boaz the father of Obed,

Ruth 4:21

Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon,

Ruth 4:20

Hezron the father of Ram, Ram the father of Amminadab,

Ruth 4:19

This, then, is the family line of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,

Ruth 4:18

The women living there said, “Naomi has a son!” And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Ruth 4:17

Then Naomi took the child in her arms and cared for him.

Ruth 4:16

He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”

Ruth 4:15

So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.

Ruth 4:13

I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon`s widow, as my wife, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown. Today you are witnesses!”

Ruth 4:10

Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, “Today you are witnesses that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelek, Kilion and Mahlon.

Ruth 4:9

So the guardian-redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it yourself.” And he removed his sandal.

Ruth 4:8

(Now in earlier times in Israel, for the redemption and transfer of property to become final, one party took off his sandal and gave it to the other. This was the method of legalizing transactions in Israel.)

Ruth 4:7

At this, the guardian-redeemer said, “Then I cannot redeem it because I might endanger my own estate. You redeem it yourself. I cannot do it.”

Ruth 4:6

Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the dead man`s widow, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property.”

Ruth 4:5

I thought I should bring the matter to your attention and suggest that you buy it in the presence of these seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, do so. But if you will not, tell me, so I will know. For no one has the right to do it except you, and I am next in line.” “I will redeem it,” he said.

Ruth 4:4

Then he said to the guardian-redeemer, “Naomi, who has come back from Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our relative Elimelek.

Ruth 4:3

Boaz took ten of the elders of the town and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.

Ruth 4:2

Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate and sat down there just as the guardian-redeemer he had mentioned came along. Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.

Ruth 4:1

Then Naomi said, “Wait, my daughter, until you find out what happens. For the man will not rest until the matter is settled today.”

Ruth 3:18

and added, “He gave me these six measures of barley, saying, ‘Don`t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.`”

Ruth 3:17

When Ruth came to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked, “How did it go, my daughter?” Then she told her everything Boaz had done for her

Ruth 3:16

He also said, “Bring me the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he poured into it six measures of barley and placed the bundle on her. Then he went back to town.

Ruth 3:15

So she lay at his feet until morning, but got up before anyone could be recognized; and he said, “No one must know that a woman came to the threshing floor.”

Ruth 3:14

Stay here for the night, and in the morning if he wants to do his duty as your guardian-redeemer, good; let him redeem you. But if he is not willing, as surely as the Lord lives I will do it. Lie here until morning.”

Ruth 3:13

Although it is true that I am a guardian-redeemer of our family, there is another who is more closely related than I.

Ruth 3:12

And now, my daughter, don`t be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All the people of my town know that you are a woman of noble character.

Ruth 3:11

“Who are you?” he asked. “I am your servant Ruth,” she said. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, since you are a guardian-redeemer of our family.”

Ruth 3:9

In the middle of the night something startled the man; he turned—and there was a woman lying at his feet!

Ruth 3:8

When Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went over to lie down at the far end of the grain pile. Ruth approached quietly, uncovered his feet and lay down.

Ruth 3:7

So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law told her to do.

Ruth 3:6

“I will do whatever you say,” Ruth answered.

Ruth 3:5

When he lies down, note the place where he is lying. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. He will tell you what to do.”

Ruth 3:4

Wash, put on perfume, and get dressed in your best clothes. Then go down to the threshing floor, but don`t let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.

Ruth 3:3

Now Boaz, with whose women you have worked, is a relative of ours. Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor.

Ruth 3:2

One day Ruth`s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, I must find a home for you, where you will be well provided for.

Ruth 3:1

So Ruth stayed close to the women of Boaz to glean until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

Ruth 2:23

Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It will be good for you, my daughter, to go with the women who work for him, because in someone else`s field you might be harmed.”

Ruth 2:22

Then Ruth the Moabite said, “He even said to me, ‘Stay with my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain.`”

Ruth 2:21

Her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who took notice of you!” Then Ruth told her mother-in-law about the one at whose place she had been working. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.

Ruth 2:19

She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gathered. Ruth also brought out and gave her what she had left over after she had eaten enough.

Ruth 2:18

So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah.

Ruth 2:17

Even pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up, and don`t rebuke her.”

Ruth 2:16

As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, “Let her gather among the sheaves and don`t reprimand her.

Ruth 2:15

At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here. Have some bread and dip it in the wine vinegar.” When she sat down with the harvesters, he offered her some roasted grain. She ate all she wanted and had some left over.

Ruth 2:14

“May I continue to find favor in your eyes, my lord,” she said. “You have put me at ease by speaking kindly to your servant—though I do not have the standing of one of your servants.”

Ruth 2:13

Boaz replied, “I`ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before.

Ruth 2:11

At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground. She asked him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me—a foreigner?”

Ruth 2:10

Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the women. I have told the men not to lay a hand on you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled.”

Ruth 2:9

So Boaz said to Ruth, “My daughter, listen to me. Don`t go and glean in another field and don`t go away from here. Stay here with the women who work for me.

Ruth 2:8

She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves behind the harvesters.` She came into the field and has remained here from morning till now, except for a short rest in the shelter.”

Ruth 2:7

The overseer replied, “She is the Moabite who came back from Moab with Naomi.

Ruth 2:6

Boaz asked the overseer of his harvesters, “Who does that young woman belong to?”

Ruth 2:5

So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters. As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.

Ruth 2:3

And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.” Naomi said to her, “Go ahead, my daughter.”

Ruth 2:2

Now Naomi had a relative on her husband`s side, a man of standing from the clan of Elimelek, whose name was Boaz.

Ruth 2:1

So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest was beginning.

Ruth 1:22

So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”

Ruth 1:19

When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.

Ruth 1:18

Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.”

Ruth 1:17

But Ruth replied, “Don`t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.

Ruth 1:16

“Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her.”

Ruth 1:15

At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.

Ruth 1:14

Return home, my daughters; I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me—even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons—

Ruth 1:12

But Naomi said, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Am I going to have any more sons, who could become your husbands?

Ruth 1:11

and said to her, “We will go back with you to your people.”

Ruth 1:10

Gaius, whose hospitality I and the whole church here enjoy, sends you his greetings. Erastus, who is the city`s director of public works, and our brother Quartus send you their greetings.

Romans 16:23

I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.

Romans 16:22

Timothy, my co-worker, sends his greetings to you, as do Lucius, Jason and Sosipater, my fellow Jews.

Romans 16:21

Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send greetings.

Romans 16:16

Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the Lord`s people who are with them.

Romans 16:15

Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas and the other brothers and sisters with them.

Romans 16:14

Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too.

Romans 16:13

Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, those women who work hard in the Lord. Greet my dear friend Persis, another woman who has worked very hard in the Lord.

Romans 16:12

Greet Herodion, my fellow Jew. Greet those in the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.

Romans 16:11

Greet Apelles, whose fidelity to Christ has stood the test. Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.

Romans 16:10

Greet Urbanus, our co-worker in Christ, and my dear friend Stachys.

Romans 16:9

Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord.

Romans 16:8

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews who have been in prison with me. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.

Romans 16:7

Greet Mary, who worked very hard for you.

Romans 16:6

Greet also the church that meets at their house. Greet my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.

Romans 16:5

They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.

Romans 16:4

Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus.

Romans 16:3

I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me.

Romans 16:2

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon of the church in Cenchreae.

Romans 16:1

They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in the Jews` spiritual blessings, they owe it to the Jews to share with them their material blessings.

Romans 15:27

For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the Lord`s people in Jerusalem.

Romans 15:26

If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

Romans 14:8

For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone.

Romans 14:7

If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.

Romans 12:18

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.

Romans 12:16

Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.

Romans 12:15

Share with the Lord`s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.

Romans 12:13

Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.

Romans 12:10

young men and women, old men and children.

Psalms 148:12

kings of the earth and all nations, you princes and all rulers on earth,

Psalms 148:11

It is like precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard, running down on Aaron`s beard, down on the collar of his robe.

Psalms 133:2

How good and pleasant it is when God`s people live together in unity!

Psalms 133:1

There is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them, there the great throng of Judah`s princes, and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.

Psalms 68:27

I went about mourning as though for my friend or brother. I bowed my head in grief as though weeping for my mother.

Psalms 35:14