Proverbs 31:23
New Living Translation
23 Her husband is well known at the city gates,
where he sits with the other civic leaders.
Proverbs 12:4
New Living Translation
4 A worthy wife is a crown for her husband,
but a disgraceful woman is like cancer in his bones.
Ruth 4:1
New Living Translation
Boaz Marries Ruth
4 Boaz went to the town gate and took a seat there. Just then the family redeemer he had mentioned came by, so Boaz called out to him, “Come over here and sit down, friend. I want to talk to you.” So they sat down together.
Read full chapter
Deuteronomy 16:18
New Living Translation
Justice for the People
18 “Appoint judges and officials for yourselves from each of your tribes in all the towns the Lord your God is giving you. They must judge the people fairly.
Read full chapter
Proverbs 24:7
New Living Translation
7 Wisdom is too lofty for fools.
Among leaders at the city gate, they have nothing to say.
Job 29:7
New Living Translation
7 “Those were the days when I went to the city gate
and took my place among the honored leaders.
Ruth 4:11
New Living Translation
11 Then the elders and all the people standing in the gate replied, “We are witnesses! May the Lord make this woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, from whom all the nation of Israel descended! May you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.
Read full chapter
Deuteronomy 21:19
New Living Translation
19 In such a case, the father and mother must take the son to the elders as they hold court at the town gate.
Read full chapterHoly Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
.png)
Bible Gateway Recommends
