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Believers should come together to hear God's word & to worship -
Deut 4:10 [Specially] the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and [that] they may teach their children.
Deuteronomy 31:12-13 "Gather the people together, men and women and little ones, and the stranger who is within your gates, that they may hear and that they may learn to fear the LORD your God and carefully observe all the words of this law, (13) "and that their children, who have not known it, may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God as long as you live in the land which you cross the Jordan to possess."
Ezekiel 37:21-23 "Then say to them, ‘Thus
says the Lord GOD: "Surely I will take the children of Israel from
among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them
from every side and bring them into their own land; (22) "and I will
make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one
king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two nations,
nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again. (23) "They
shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols, nor with their
detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will
deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned,
and will cleanse them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be
their God.
Nehemiah 8:5-8 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up. (6) And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. Then all the people answered, "Amen, Amen!" while lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground. (7) Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, helped the people to understand the Law; and the people stood in their place. (8) So they read distinctly from the book, in the Law of God; and they gave the sense, and helped them to understand the reading.
Psa 149:1 Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, [and] his praise in the congregation of saints.
Psa 111:1 Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with [my] whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and [in] the congregation.
Acts 2:42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Ex 35:1 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.
Psalms 29:2 Give unto the LORD the glory due to His name; Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
Psa 35:18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
Leviticus 8:3-5 "and gather all the congregation together at the door of the tabernacle of meeting." (4) So Moses did as the LORD commanded him. And the congregation was gathered together at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. (5) And Moses said to the congregation, "This is what the LORD commanded to be done."
Lev 9:5 And they brought [that] which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.
Neh 1:9 But [if] ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, [yet] will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
Psa 50:5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
Psa 89:7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all [them that are] about him.
Joel 1:14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders [and] all the inhabitants of the land [into] the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,
Num 8:9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together:
Num 10:3 And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Psa 74:2 Remember thy congregation, [which] thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, [which] thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
All true believers are of the body of Christ and need each other -
Hebrews 10:24-25 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, (25) not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
Eph 4:16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
Colossians 3:12-16 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; (13) bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. (14) But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. (15) And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. (16) Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
1 Corinthians 12:7, 12-27 (7) But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all:
(12) For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members
of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. (13) For
by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body whether Jews or
Greeks, whether slaves or free and have all been made to drink into one
Spirit. (14) For in fact the body is not one member but many.
(15) If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I am not of the
body," is it therefore not of the body? (16) And if the ear should say,
"Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body," is it therefore not of
the body? (17) If the whole body were an eye, where would be the
hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? (18)
But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as
He pleased. (19) And if they were all one member, where would the body
be?
(20) But now indeed there are many members, yet one body. (21) And the
eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you"; nor again the head
to the feet, "I have no need of you." (22) No, much rather, those
members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary. (23) And
those members of the body which we think to be less honorable, on these
we bestow greater honor; and our unpresentable parts have greater
modesty, (24) but our presentable parts have no need. But God composed
the body, having given greater honor to that part which lacks it, (25)
that there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should
have the same care for one another. (26) And if one member suffers, all
the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the
members rejoice with it.
(27) Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.
Ephesians 2:19-22 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, (20) having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, (21) in whom the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, (22) in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
Heb 3:13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
1Thes 5:11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
Galatians 6:2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Romans 12:4-5 For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, (5) so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.
Ephesians 4:1-6 I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, (2) with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, (3) endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. (4) There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; (5) one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
John 10:14-16 "I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. (15) "As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. (16) "And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.
Mic 2:12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of [the multitude of] men.
A bunch of stones by themselves is called a "ruin".