Psalm 147:13

God's Word

He makes the bars across your gates strong. He blesses the children within you.

Cross References

Nehemiah 12:30

The priests and the Levites cleansed themselves. Then they cleansed the people, the gates, and the wall.

Nehemiah 6:1

Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and that no gaps had been left in it (although at that time I had not yet hung the doors in the city gates).

Nehemiah 7:1

The gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites were assigned their duties after the wall had been rebuilt and I had hung the doors.

Nehemiah 7:3

I told them, “The gates of Jerusalem should not be opened at the hottest time of the day. While the ⌞gatekeepers⌟ are still standing there, they should shut the doors and bar them. Order some of the men in Jerusalem to stand guard, some at their posts and others in front of their homes.”

Psalm 125:2

⌞As⌟ the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people now and forever.

Psalm 144:12

May our sons be like full-grown, young plants. May our daughters be like stately columns that adorn the corners of a palace.

Psalm 51:18

Favor Zion with your goodness. Rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 33:10

“This is what the Lord says: You have said that this place is ruined and that no people or animals live in it. It’s true! The cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem are deserted. No people or animals live there. But once again you will hear

Jeremiah 33:11

the sounds of joy and happiness and the sounds of brides and grooms. You will hear those who bring thank offerings to the Lord’s temple say, ‘Give thanks to the Lord of Armies because the Lord is good, because his mercy endures forever.’ I will restore the fortunes of the land to what they were before,” says the Lord.

Lamentations 4:12

Neither the kings of the earth nor anyone living on earth could believe that enemies or invaders would ever get through the gates of Jerusalem.

Daniel 9:25

Learn, then, and understand that from the time the command is given to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the anointed prince comes, seven sets of seven time periods and sixty-two sets of seven time periods will pass. Jerusalem will be restored and rebuilt with a city square and a moat during the troubles of those times.