Proverbs 31:23

An Excellent Woman

²² She makes coverings for herself;
Her clothing is fine linen and purple.
²³ Her husband is known in the gates,
When he sits among the elders of the land.
²⁴ She makes linen garments and sells them,
And supplies belts to the tradesmen.

City Gate

Known in the Gates

Ruth 4:1

Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there, and behold, the close relative of whom Boaz spoke was passing by, so he said, “Turn aside, friend, sit down here.” And he turned aside and sat down.

Deuteronomy 16:18

“You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your towns which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Proverbs 12:4

An excellent wife is the crown of her husband,
But she who shames him is like rottenness in his bones.

Deuteronomy 21:19

then his father and mother shall seize him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown.

Ruth 4:11

All the people who were in the court, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and may you achieve wealth in Ephrathah and become famous in Bethlehem.

Job 29:7

“When I went out to the gate of the city,
When I took my seat in the square,

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is too exalted for a fool,
He does not open his mouth in the gate.