Proverbs 31:23

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Job 29:7

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

Proverbs 12:4

A virtuous wife is the crown of her husband, but a wife who shames him is like rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is too lofty for a fool; he opens not his mouth in the gate.

Deuteronomy 16:18

You must appoint judges and officers in all your gates, which the Lord your God gives you, throughout your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Deuteronomy 21:19

then his father and his mother are to lay hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city, to the gate of his city.

Ruth 4:1

So Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the redeemer, of whom he had spoken, passed by. So Boaz said, “Come over, friend, and sit here.” So he went over and sat down.

Ruth 4:11

Then all the people who were at the gate, along with the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming to your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you do well in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem!

Ruth 4:2

Then Boaz took ten men from among the elders of the town and said, “Sit here.” So they sat down.