15 Bible Verses about Business At The Gateway

Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:

Be haters of evil and lovers of good, and let right be done in the public place: it may be that the Lord, the God of armies, will have mercy on the rest of Joseph.

Then you are to take the man or woman who has done the evil to the public place of your town, and they are to be stoned with stones till they are dead.

Who give help to a man in a wrong cause, and who put a net for the feet of him who gives decisions in the public place, taking away a man's right without cause.

They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are upright is disgusting to them.

For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.

Now Ephron was seated among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite gave Abraham his answer in the hearing of the children of Heth, and of all those who came into his town, saying,

Became the property of Abraham before the eyes of the children of Heth and of all who came into the town.

Then Hamor and Shechem, his son, went to the meeting-place of their town, and said to the men of the town,

Then all the men of the town gave ear to the words of Hamor and Shechem his son; and every male in the town underwent circumcision.

And when Abner was back in Hebron, Joab took him on one side by the doorway of the town to have a word with him quietly, and there he gave him a wound in the stomach, causing his death in payment for the death of his brother Asahel.

Her words are sounding in the meeting-places, and in the doorways of the town:

Where the roads go into the town her cry goes out, at the doorways her voice is loud:

Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.

These are the things which you are to do: Let every man say what is true to his neighbour; and let your judging give peace in your towns.