Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605), Galleria Borghese. Public domain.
18 verses in the King James Version. Word study for “congregation” →
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD , thou knowest.
I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
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.
O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD : thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
Praise ye the LORD . I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
Praise ye the LORD . Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.