16 Bible Verses about Business At The Gateway

Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them.
Such men will never be put to shame
when they speak with their enemies at the city gate.

Don’t rob a poor man because he is poor,
and don’t crush the oppressed at the gate,

Hate evil and love good;
establish justice in the gate.
Perhaps the Lord, the God of Hosts, will be gracious
to the remnant of Joseph.

you must bring out to your gates that man or woman who has done this evil thing and stone them to death.

those who, with their speech,
accuse a person of wrongdoing,
who set a trap at the gate for the mediator,
and without cause deprive the righteous of justice.

They hate the one who convicts the guilty
at the city gate
and despise the one who speaks with integrity.

For I know your crimes are many
and your sins innumerable.
They oppress the righteous, take a bribe,
and deprive the poor of justice at the gates.

Ephron was sitting among the Hittites. So in the presence of all the Hittites who came to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham:

Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who came to the gate of his city.

So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men there.

All the able-bodied men listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and all the able-bodied men were circumcised.

When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside to the middle of the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died in revenge for the death of Asahel, Joab’s brother.

She cries out above the commotion;
she speaks at the entrance of the city gates:

Beside the gates at the entry to the city,
at the main entrance, she cries out:

Wisdom is inaccessible to a fool;
he does not open his mouth at the gate.

These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another; make true and sound decisions within your gates.