Verse 7
When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,
Referenced Verses
- Deut 16:18 : 18 You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.
- Ruth 4:1-2 : 1 And Boaz went up to the public place of the town, and took his seat there: and the near relation of whom he had been talking came by; and Boaz, crying out to him by name, said, Come and be seated here. And he came and was seated. 2 Then he got ten of the responsible men of the town, and said, Be seated here. And they took their seats.
- Zech 8:16 : 16 These are the things which you are to do: Let every man say what is true to his neighbour; and let your judging give peace in your towns.
- Ruth 4:11 : 11 And all the people who were in the public place, and the responsible men, said, We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who is about to come into your house, like Rachel and Leah, which two were the builders of the house of Israel: and may you have wealth in Ephrathah, and be great in Beth-lehem;
- Job 31:21 : 21 If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;
- Deut 21:19 : 19 Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;