Judges 5:11
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11 Far from the noise of the archers, among the watering places,
There they shall recount the righteous acts of the Lord,
The righteous acts for His villagers in Israel;
Then the people of the Lord shall go down to the gates.
Micah 6:5
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5 O My people, remember now
What (A)Balak king of Moab counseled,
And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,
From [a]Acacia Grove to Gilgal,
That you may know (B)the righteousness of the Lord.”
1 Samuel 12:7
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7 Now therefore, stand still, that I may (A)reason with you before the Lord concerning all the (B)righteous acts of the Lord which He did to you and your fathers:
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Lamentations 5:9
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9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives,
Because of the sword in the wilderness.
Lamentations 5:4
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4 We pay for the water we drink,
And our wood comes at a price.
Jeremiah 7:2
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2 (A)“Stand in the gate of the Lord’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who enter in at these gates to worship the Lord!’ ”
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Isaiah 28:6
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6 For a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment,
And for strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
Isaiah 12:3
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3 Therefore with joy you will draw (A)water
From the wells of salvation.
Psalm 145:7
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7 They shall [a]utter the memory of Your great goodness,
And shall sing of Your righteousness.
Footnotes
- Psalm 145:7 eagerly utter, lit. bubble forth
Job 29:7
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7 “When I went out to the gate by the city,
When I took my seat in the open square,
Judges 5:8
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8 They chose (A)new gods;
Then there was war in the gates;
Not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.
Deuteronomy 22:24
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24 then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he (A)humbled his neighbor’s wife; (B)so you shall put away the evil from among you.
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Exodus 2:17-19
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17 Then the (A)shepherds came and (B)drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and (C)watered their flock.
18 When they came to (D)Reuel[a] their father, (E)he said, “How is it that you have come so soon today?”
19 And they said, “An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and he also drew enough water for us and watered the flock.”
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- Exodus 2:18 Jethro, Ex. 3:1
Genesis 26:20-22
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20 But the herdsmen of Gerar (A)quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well [a]Esek, because they quarreled with him. 21 Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that one also. So he called its name [b]Sitnah. 22 And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name [c]Rehoboth, because he said, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall (B)be fruitful in the land.”
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- Genesis 26:20 Lit. Quarrel
- Genesis 26:21 Lit. Enmity
- Genesis 26:22 Lit. Spaciousness
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