Verse 23

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ruth 4:1 : 1 Then Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there; and behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by. Boaz said to him, 'Come over here, sit down.' So he turned aside and sat down.
  • Deut 16:18 : 18 Judges and officers you shall make for yourself in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
  • Prov 12:4 : 4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, but she who causes shame is as rottenness in his bones.
  • Prov 24:7 : 7 Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the gate.
  • Deut 21:19 : 19 Then shall his father and his mother take hold of him, and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place;
  • Ruth 4:11 : 11 And all the people at the gate and the elders said, 'We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem.
  • Job 29:7 : 7 When I went out to the gate of the city, when I took my seat in the square!