Proverbs 31:23

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Her husband is known in the city gates, taking his seat 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 good wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is too high for fools; in the gate they do not open their mouths.

Deuteronomy 16:18

“You shall appoint judges and officials throughout your tribes, in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall render just decisions for the people.

Deuteronomy 21:19

then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his town at the gate of that place.

Ruth 4:1

No sooner had Boaz gone up to the gate and sat down there than the next-of-kin of whom Boaz had spoken came passing by. So Boaz said, “Come over; sit down here.” And 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 into your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you produce children in Ephrathah and bestow a name in Bethlehem;

Ruth 4:2

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