Quotes about Unity

Hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil.” But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites.

And from their cities they came together at Gibeah to go out and fight against the Israelites.

And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.

Then the whole congregation sent a message of peace to the Benjamites who were at the rock of Rimmon.

But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.

Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”

When the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a great shout that it shook the ground.

Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”

Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.”

He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they turned out as one man.

His armor-bearer replied, “Do all that is in your heart. Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.”

Then Saul said to all Israel, “You stand on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will stand on the other side.” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied.