Psalms 118:20

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This is the LORD’s gate– the godly enter through it.

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  • Rev 21:24-27 : 24 The nations will walk by its light and the kings of the earth will bring their grandeur into it. 25 Its gates will never be closed during the day(and there will be no night there). 26 They will bring the grandeur and the wealth of the nations into it, 27 but nothing ritually unclean will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or practices falsehood, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
  • Rev 22:14-15 : 14 Blessed are those who wash their robes so they can have access to the tree of life and can enter into the city by the gates. 15 Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood!
  • Ps 24:3-4 : 3 Who is allowed to ascend the mountain of the LORD? Who may go up to his holy dwelling place? 4 The one whose deeds are blameless and whose motives are pure, who does not lie, or make promises with no intention of keeping them.
  • Ps 24:7 : 7 Look up, you gates! Rise up, you eternal doors! Then the majestic king will enter!
  • Ps 24:9 : 9 Look up, you gates! Rise up, you eternal doors! Then the majestic king will enter!
  • Isa 26:2 : 2 Open the gates so a righteous nation can enter– one that remains trustworthy.
  • Isa 35:8-9 : 8 A thoroughfare will be there– it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it– fools will not stray into it. 9 No lions will be there, no ferocious wild animals will be on it– they will not be found there. Those delivered from bondage will travel on it, 10 those whom the LORD has ransomed will return that way. They will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.

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    18The LORD severely punished me, but he did not hand me over to death.

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  • Ezek 44:1-2
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    1The Closed Gate Then he brought me back by way of the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces east, but it was shut.

    2The LORD said to me:“This gate will be shut; it will not be opened, and no one will enter by it. For the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered by it; therefore it will remain shut.

  • Ps 24:7-9
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    7Look up, you gates! Rise up, you eternal doors! Then the majestic king will enter!

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  • Jer 17:19-20
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    19Observance of the Sabbath Day Is a Key to the Future The LORD told me,“Go and stand in the People’s Gate through which the kings of Judah enter and leave the city. Then go and stand in all the other gates of the city of Jerusalem.

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    4Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give him thanks! Praise his name!

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    1The Glory Returns to the Temple Then he brought me to the gate that faced toward the east.

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    21I will give you thanks, for you answered me, and have become my deliverer.

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    9I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out, and find pasture.

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    2“Stand in the gate of the LORD’s temple and proclaim this message:‘Listen to the LORD’s message, all you people of Judah who have passed through these gates to worship the LORD.

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    19in the courts of the LORD’s temple, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!

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    32Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side. He measured the gate; it had the same dimensions as the others.

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    15They celebrate deliverance in the tents of the godly. The LORD’s right hand conquers,

  • Ps 118:23-24
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    23This is the LORD’s work. We consider it amazing!

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  • Prov 18:10
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  • Ps 121:8
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    8The LORD will protect you in all you do, now and forevermore.

  • Ps 5:7
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    24“Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

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    20He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court which faces north.

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    26May the one who comes in the name of the LORD be blessed! We will pronounce blessings on you in the LORD’s temple.

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    2who serve in the LORD’s temple, in the courts of the temple of our God.

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    13Deliverance goes before him, and prepares a pathway for him.

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