Proverbs 31:23

The Scriptures 2009

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

Cross References

Job 29:7

When I went out to the gate by the city, to take my seat in the open square,

Proverbs 12:4

A capable wife is the crown of her husband, But one causing shame is like rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 24:7

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

Deuteronomy 16:18

“Appoint judges and officers within all your gates, which יהוה your Elohim is giving you, according to your tribes. And they shall judge the people with righteous right-ruling.

Deuteronomy 21:19

then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city, to the gate of his city,

Ruth 4:1

And Bo‛az went up to the gate and sat down there. And see, the redeemer of whom Bo‛az had spoken came by. And Bo‛az said, “Turn aside, So-and-so, sit down here.” And he turned aside and sat down.

Ruth 4:11

And all the people who were at the gate, and the elders, said, “Witnesses! יהוה make the woman who is coming to your house as Raḥĕl and as Lĕ’ah, the two who built the house of Yisra’ĕl. And prove your worth in Ephrathah and proclaim the Name in Bĕyth Leḥem.

Ruth 4:2

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