Genesis 34:20

A Conservative Version

And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and conversed with the men of their city, saying,

Cross References

Ruth 4:1

Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there. And, behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by, to whom he said, Such man, stay, turn aside. Sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.

Zechariah 8:16

These are the things that ye shall do: Speak ye every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates.

Amos 5:15

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate. It may be that LORD, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Amos 5:12

For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins--ye who afflict the just man, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].

Amos 5:10

They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks uprightly.

Proverbs 31:23

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

Job 29:7

when I went forth to the gate to the city, when I prepared my seat in the street.

2 Samuel 15:2

And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate. And it was so, that, when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, Of what city are thou? And he said, Thy

Deuteronomy 17:5

then thou shall bring forth that man or that woman, who has done this evil thing, to thy gates, even the man or the woman, and thou shall stone them to death with stones.

Genesis 23:10

Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the sons of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,

Genesis 22:17

that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore, and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies,

Genesis 34:19

And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter. And he was honored above all the house of his father.

Genesis 34:21

These men are peaceable with us, therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade in it, for, behold, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

Psalm 127:5

Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They shall not be put to shame when they speak with their enemies in the gate.