Proverbs 31:23
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23 (A)Her husband is known in the gates,
When he sits among the elders of the land.
Proverbs 12:4
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4 (A)An[a] excellent wife is the crown of her husband,
But she who causes shame is (B)like rottenness in his bones.
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- Proverbs 12:4 Lit. A wife of valor
Ruth 4:1
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Boaz Redeems Ruth
4 Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there; and behold, (A)the close relative of whom Boaz had spoken came by. So Boaz said, “Come aside, [a]friend, sit down here.” So he came aside and sat down.
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- Ruth 4:1 Heb. peloni almoni, lit. so and so
Deuteronomy 16:18
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Justice Must Be Administered
18 “You shall appoint (A)judges and officers in all your [a]gates, which the Lord your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
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- Deuteronomy 16:18 towns
Proverbs 24:7
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7 (A)Wisdom is too lofty for a fool;
He does not open his mouth in the gate.
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,
Ruth 4:11
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11 And all the people who were at the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. (A)The Lord make the woman who is coming to your house like Rachel and Leah, the two who (B)built the house of Israel; and may you prosper in (C)Ephrathah and be famous in (D)Bethlehem.
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Deuteronomy 21:19
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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.
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