Proverbs 31:23
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 31
“Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.”Proverbs 31:23
What Does Proverbs 31:23 Mean?
Proverbs 31:23 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 31, verse 23 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 10 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (10)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 31:23 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 12:4“A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.”Ruth 4:2“And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.”Ruth 4:1“Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.”Deuteronomy 16:18“Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.”Deuteronomy 21:19“Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;”Ruth 4:11“And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:”Job 29:7“When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!”Proverbs 24:7“Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.”Genesis 34:20“And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,”Joshua 20:4“And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.”
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