Proverbs 31:23

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Her husband is known at the city gates, where he sits among the elders of the land.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:4

A wife of noble character  is her husband’s crown, but a wife who causes shame is like rottenness in his bones.

Ruth 4:1

Boaz went to the gate of the town  and sat down there. Soon the family redeemer Boaz had spoken about came by. Boaz said, ‘Come over here  and sit down.’ So he went over and sat down.

Deuteronomy 16:18

‘Appoint judges and officials for your tribes in all your towns the Lord your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgement.

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is inaccessible to   a fool; he does not open his mouth at the city gate.

Job 29:7

When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the town square,

Ruth 4:11

All the people who were at the city gate, including the elders, said, ‘We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is entering your house like Rachel and Leah,  who together built the house of Israel. May you be powerful in Ephrathah and your name well known in Bethlehem.

Deuteronomy 21:19

his father and mother are to take hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate  of his home town.

Ruth 4:2

Then Boaz took ten men of the town’s elders  and said, ‘Sit here.’ And they sat down.