Proverbs 31:23

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Her husband is a well known and respected leader in the city.

Cross References

Job 29:7

When I sat down at the meeting of the city council, the young leaders stepped aside, while the older ones stood

Proverbs 12:4

A helpful wife is a jewel for her husband, but a shameless wife will make his bones rot.

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is too much for fools! Their advice is no good.

Deuteronomy 16:18

After you are settled in the towns that you will receive from the LORD your God, the people in each town must appoint judges and other officers. Those of you who become judges must be completely fair when you make legal decisions, even if someone important is involved. Don't take bribes to give unfair decisions. Bribes keep people who are wise from seeing the truth and turn honest people into liars.

Deuteronomy 21:19

If a son is like that, his parents must drag him to the town gate, where the leaders of the town hold their meetings.

Ruth 4:1

Meanwhile, Boaz had gone to the meeting place at the town gate and was sitting there when the other close relative came by. So Boaz invited him to come over and sit down, and he did.

Ruth 4:11

The town leaders and the others standing there said: We are witnesses to this. And we pray that the LORD will give your wife many children, just as he did Leah and Rachel, the wives of Jacob. May you be a rich man in the tribe of Ephrath and an important man in Bethlehem.

Ruth 4:2

Then Boaz got ten of the town leaders and also asked them to sit down. After they had sat down,