Proverbs 31:23

English Standard Version 2016

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

Cross References

Proverbs 12:4

An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.

Ruth 4:1

Now Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, “Turn aside, friend; sit down here.” And he turned aside and sat down.

Deuteronomy 16:18

“You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.

Job 29:7

When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the square,

Ruth 4:11

Then all the people who were at the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman, who is 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,

Deuteronomy 21:19

then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives,

Ruth 4:2

And he took ten men of the elders of the city and said, “Sit down here.” So they sat down.