Proverbs 31:23

World English Bible (2000)

Her husband is respected in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ruth 4:1 : 1 Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, "Come over here, friend, and sit down!" He turned aside, and sat down.
  • Deut 16:18 : 18 You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
  • Prov 12:4 : 4 A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
  • Prov 24:7 : 7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he doesn't open his mouth in the gate.
  • Deut 21:19 : 19 then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place;
  • Ruth 4:11 : 11 All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, "We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.
  • Job 29:7 : 7 when I went forth to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.

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