Proverbs 31:23

Tree of Life Version

Her husband is respected at the city gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.

Cross References

Job 29:7

When I went out to the city gate, and secured my seat in the public square,

Proverbs 12:4

A virtuous wife is her husband’s crown, but a dishonoring one is like rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is unattainable for a fool— he does not open his mouth at the gate.

Deuteronomy 16:18

“Judges and officers you are to appoint within all your gates that Adonai your God is giving you, according to your tribes; and they are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

Deuteronomy 21:19

Then his father and mother are to grab hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city—to the gate of his place.

Ruth 4:1

Meanwhile Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there. And all of a sudden, the goel about whom Boaz had spoken passed by. “Come over,” he called, “and sit down here, my friend.” So he came over and sat down.

Ruth 4:11

All the people at the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May Adonai make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, who both built up the house of Israel. May you prosper in Ephrath and be renowned in Bethlehem.

Ruth 4:2

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