98 Bible Verses about Gates

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Deuteronomy 3:5

All these cities fortified with high walls, doors and bars; besides of cities of the open country exceedingly many.

Joshua 2:5

And it will be for the shutting the gate in darkness, and the men went forth, and I knew not whither the men went; pursue quickly after them, for ye shall overtake them.

1 Samuel 23:7

And it will be announced to Saul that David came to Keilah. And Saul will say, God sold him into my hand; for he was shut up, to come to a city of doors and bars.

2 Chronicles 8:5

And he will build the house of the hollow the high, and the house of the hollow the low, fortified cities, the walls, doors, and bar:

2 Chronicles 14:7

And he will say to Judah, We will build these cities, and surround a wall, and towers, doors and bars, and the land yet before us: for we sought Jehovah our God, and he will give to us rest from round about And they will build and prosper.

Psalm 107:16

For he broke the brazen doors, and cut off the bars of iron.

Psalm 147:13

For he strengthened the bars of thy gates; he blessed thy sons within thee.

Isaiah 22:7

And it shall be the chosen of thy valleys was filled with chariots, and the horsemen placed a seat at the gate.

Isaiah 45:1-2

Thus said Jehovah to his Messiah, to Cyrus whom I held by his right hand to bring down nations before him; and I will loosen the loins of kings to open before him the doors; and the gates shall not be shut I will go before thee, and I will make straight the circles: I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and I will cut down the bars of iron:

Jeremiah 51:30

The strong ones of Babel ceased to fight; they dwelt in fastnesses; their strength failed; they were for women: they burned her dwellings; her bars were broken.

Hosea 11:6

And the sword was polished in his cities, and it consumed his branches, and devoured from their counsels.

Luke 7:12

And as he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, he dead was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she a widow; and a sufficient crowd of the city was with her.

Acts 9:24

But this project was known to Saul. And they observed narrowly the gates day, and also night, that they might kill him.

Acts 12:10

And having passed by the first and second watch, they came to the iron gate leading to the city; which of its free will was opened to them: and having come out, they advanced one street; and quickly the messenger departed from him.

Nehemiah 2:13-15

And I shall go forth by the gate of the valley by night, and before the second fountain, and to the gate of the dung-hill, and I shall be watching the walls of Jerusalem that they being broken, and its gates were consumed with fire. And I shall pass over to the gate of the fountain and pool of the king: and not a place for the beast under me to pass. And I shall be going up by the torrent in the night, and I shall be watching the walls, and I shall turn back and come into the gate of the valley; and I shall turn back.

2 Kings 14:13

And Jehoash king of Israel seized Amaziah king of Judah, son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, in the house of the sun; and he will come to Jerusalem, and he will break in the wall of Jerusalem in the gate of Ephraim, even to the gate of the corner, four hundred cubits

2 Chronicles 25:23

And Joash king of Israel seized Amaziah king of Judah, son of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, in the house of the sun; and he will bring him to Jerusalem, and he will break in upon the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim, even to the gate of turning, four hundred cubits.

Nehemiah 1:3

And they will say to me, They being left which were left of the captivity there in the province, in great evil and in reproach: and the walls of Jerusalem being broken down, and its gates were burnt with fire.

Nehemiah 2:3

And saying to the king, O king, thou wilt live forever: wherefore shall not my face be sad when the city of the house of my father's sepulchres was laid waste, and its gates consumed with fire?

Nehemiah 3:1

And Eliashib the great priest will rise up and his brethren the priests, and they will build the sheep gate; they consecrated it, and they will set up its doors, and even to the tower of Meah they consecrated, and even to the tower of Hananeel.

John 5:2

And there is in Jerusalem, at the sheep place a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, having five porches.

Nehemiah 3:3

And the gate of fishes the sons of Hassenaah built; they framed and they will set up its doors, its bolts and its bars.

Nehemiah 3:26

And the Nethinims were dwelling in Ophel even to the front of the gate of waters to the sunrising, and the tower coming forth.

Nehemiah 3:28-29

From above the gate of horses held fast the priests, a man to the front of his house. After him held fast Zadok son of Immer, before his house. And after him held fast Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, watching the gate of the sunrising.

Nehemiah 6:1

And it will be as it was heard by Sanballat and Tobiah, and by Geshem the Arabian, and by the rest of our enemies, that I built the wall and a breach was not left in it; also even to this time I set not up the doors in the gates;

Nehemiah 7:3

And it will be said to them, The gates of Jerusalem shall not be opened till the sun being hot; and till they standing by shall shut the doors and fasten: and setting up watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, a man in his watch, and a man before his house.

Nehemiah 11:19

And the gate-keepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren watching in the gates, a hundred seventy and two.

Nehemiah 12:39

And from above to the gate of Ephraim, and over the old gate, and over the gate of fishes, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, and even to the sheep gate: and, they stood in the gate of the prison.

Psalm 122:2

Our feet were standing in the gates of Jeursalem.

Isaiah 60:11

And thy gates were opened continually; day and night they shall not be shut; to bring to thee the strength of the nations, and their kings being led on.

Jeremiah 1:15

For behold me calling to all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says Jehovah; and they came, and gave a man his throne at the opening of the gates of Jerusalem, and upon all her walls round about and upon all the cities of Judah.

Acts 3:2

And a certain man, being lame from his mother's womb, was carried, whom they set in the day at the door of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms from those going into the temple;

2 Chronicles 23:19

And he will cause the gate-keepers to stand at the gates of the house of Jehovah, and the unclean shall not come in to all the word.

2 Chronicles 24:8

And the king will say, and they will make one ark, and they will give it in the gate of the house of Jehovah without

2 Chronicles 31:2

And Hezekiah will set up the divisions of the priests and the Levites for their divisions each according to the mouth of his service to the priests and to the Levites for the burnt-offering and for the peace, to serve and to confess and to praise, in the gates of the camp of Jehovah.

Jeremiah 20:2

And Pashur will strike Jeremiah the prophet and give him upon the stocks which were in the gate of Benjamin the highest, which were in the house of Jehovah.

Ezekiel 44:11

And they were serving in my holy place, reviewing at the gates of the house, and serving the house: they shall slaughter the burnt-offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to serve them.

Acts 3:10

And they knew him, that this was he sitting for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that having happened to him.

Joshua 6:26

And Joshua will swear in that time, saying, Cursed the man before Jehovah who shall rise up and build this city Jericho: in his first-born he shall lay its foundation and in his younger he shall set up its doors.

Genesis 28:17

And he will be afraid, and will Say, How terrible this place is not this but the house of God, and this the gate of the heavens?

1 Samuel 17:52

And the men of Israel and Judah will rise and shout, and pursue the rovers till thy coming to the valley, and even to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the rovers will fall in the way of the gates, and even to Gath, and even to Ekron.

1 Kings 16:34

In his days Hiel of the house of God, built Jericho: in Abiram his first born he will found it, and in Segub his younger he set up its gates, according to the word of Jehovah which he spake by the hand of Joshua son of Nun.

John 10:1-3

Truly, truly, I say to you, He not coming in through the door into the court-yard of the sheep, but coming up from another place, he is a thief and robber. And he coming in through the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the guard of the door opens; and the sheep hear his voice : and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.

Acts 10:17

And as Peter was doubting in himself what the vision might be which he saw, and behold, the man sent from Cornelius having asked for Simon's house, stood at the gate,

2 Kings 23:8

And he will bring all the priests out of the cities of Judah and defile the heights where the priests burnt incense there from the hill even to the Well of the Oath, and he brake down the heights of the gates which were at the door of the gate of Joshua chief of the city which were at the left of a man in the gate of the city.

Psalm 9:14

So that I shall recount all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

Psalm 118:19-20

Open to me, ye gates of justice: I will go into them, I will praise Jah. This the gate to Jehovah, the just shall go into it

Ezekiel 46:2

And the prince went in the way of the porch of the gate from without, and he stood by the door-posts of the gate, and the priests did his burnt-offerings and his peace, and he worshiped upon the threshold of the gate, and he went forth: and the gate shall not be shut until the evening.

Acts 14:13

And Jupiter's priest, being before their city, having brought bulls and crowns to the gates, wished to sacrifice with the crowd.

Genesis 23:10-11

And Ephron dwelt in the midst of the sons of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite will answer Abraham in the ears of the sons of Heth, of all going to the gate of his city, saying, Nay, lord, hear me; the field I gave thee, and the cave which is in it, to thee I gave it before the eyes of the sons of my people; I gave to thee: bury thy dead.

Ruth 4:1

And Boaz went up to the gate and sat there: and behold, the blood relation whom Boaz spake of, passing by; and he will say, Turn aside, sit down here; thou such a one. And he will turn aside, and sit down.

2 Kings 7:1

And Elisha will say, Hear the word of Jehovah, thus said Jehovah, About the time to-motrow a measure of fine flour for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Shomeron.

Nehemiah 13:19-22

And it will be as the gates of Jerusalem were darkened before the Sabbath, and saying, and the doors shall be shut, and saying that they shall not open them till after the Sabbath: and from my young men I caused to stand at the gates; a burden shall not be brought in in the day of the Sabbath. And the merchants and those selling every selling will lodge from without to Jerusalem once and twice. And I shall testify against them, and say to them, Wherefore are ye lodging before the wall? if ye shall do it a second time I will stretch forth the hand against you From that time they came not upon the Sabbath.read more.
And saying to the Levites that they shall be purifying, and coming, watching the gates to consecrate the day of the Sabbath. Also this remember for me, O my God, and spare upon me according to the multitude of thy mercy.

Genesis 34:19-20

And the youth deferred not to do the word, for he delighted in Jacob's daughter, and he was honorable more than all his father's house. And Hamor will come, and Shechem his son, to the gate of their city, and they will speak to the men of the city, saying,

Deuteronomy 21:19

And his father and his mother laid hold on him and brought him to the old men of his city, and to the gate of his place;

Deuteronomy 22:13-19

If any man shall take a wife, and went in to her and hated her, And he set pretexts of words against her, and brought up an evil name upon her, and said, I took this woman, and I shall come near to her, and I found in her not a virgin: And the father of the young girl took, and her mother, and brought the signs of virginity of the young girl to the elders of the city to the gate:read more.
And the father of the maiden said to the old men, I gave my daughter to this man for a wife and he will hate her, And behold, he set up pretexts of words, saying, I found not in thy daughter the signs of virginity; and these the signs of my daughter's virginity. And they spread the garment before the old men of the city. And the old men of that city took the man and chastised him; And they amerced him a hundred of silver, and gave to the father of the maiden, for he brought out an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be to him for a wife; he shall not be able to send her away all his days.

Deuteronomy 25:7-10

And if the man shall not desire to take his brother's wife, and his brother's wife went up to the gate to the old men, and said, My husband's brother refused to raise up to his brother a name in Israel, and he would not act my husband's brother. And the old men of his city called to him and spake to him: and he stood and said, I desired not to take her. And his brother's wife drew near to him before the eyes of the old men, and drew off his shoe from his foot, and spit in his face, and answered and said, Thus shall it be done to the man who will not build up the house of his brother.read more.
And his name was called in Israel, The house of him having his shoe drawn off.

Joshua 20:4

And he fled to one of these cities and stood at the door of the gate of the city, and spake in the ears of the old men of that city, his words, and they received him into the city to them, and they gave to him a place, and he dwelt with them.

2 Samuel 15:2

And Absalom rose early and stood by the hand of the way of the gate: and it will be every man which shall be to him strife coming to the king for judgment, and Absalom will call to him and say, Where, from what city thou? And he will say, of one of the tribes of Israel is thy servant

1 Kings 22:10

And the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat king of Judah, sitting each upon his throne, putting on their garments in the area of the opening of the gate of Shomeron; and all the prophets prophesying before them.

Deuteronomy 17:5

And bring thou forth that man or that woman who did this evil word, to thy gates, the man and the woman, and stone them with stones, and they died.

Deuteronomy 22:23-24

When there shall be a maiden, a virgin, betrothed to a man, and a man found her in the city and lay with her; And ye brought out them two to the gate of that city, and stoned them with stones, and they died; and the maiden for the word which she cried not in the city, and the man for the word which he humbled his neighbor's wife: and thou didst put away evil from the midst of thee.

Joshua 8:29

And the king of Ai he hung upon the tree till the time of evening: and when the sun went down Joshua commanded and they will take down his carcass from the tree and cast it at the opening of the gate of the city, and they will set upon it a great heap of stones till this day.

2 Kings 7:3

And there were four men being leprous at the entrance of the gate, and they will say a man to his neighbor, What, shall we sit here till our death?

Ezekiel 21:15

In order to melt the heart and to multiply the ruins, I gave the turning of the sword against all their gates: Ah! it was made for lightnings, it was polished for slaughter.

Luke 16:20

And there was a certain beggar, Lazarus by name, who was cast at his gate, having been wounded,

Revelation 22:14-15

Happy they doing his commands, that their power shall be in the tree of life, and they might come in at the gates to the city. And without, dogs, and charmers and fornicators, and murderers, and idolaters, and every one loving and doing a lie.

Proverbs 1:20-21

Wisdom will cry without; in the broad places she will give her voice: She will call in the head of sound, in the entrances of the gates: in the city she will say her words:

Proverbs 8:1-3

Shall not wisdom call, and understanding give her voice? She stood upon the head of the heights, upon the way of the house of the beaten paths. At the hand of the gates, at the mouth of the city from the coming in of the doors she will cry:

Psalm 24:7-10

Lift up your heads, ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye openings of eternity, and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? Jehovah strong and mighty, Jehovah mighty for war. Lift up, ye gates, your heads, and be lifted up, ye openings of eternity, and the King of glory shall come in.read more.
Who is he, this King of glory? Jehovah of armies, he is the King of glory. Silence.

Isaiah 38:10

I said in the quiet of my days, I shall go to the gates of hades: I was missed the remainder of my years.

Job 17:16

They shall go down to the bars of hades if together we shall go down to the dust.

Job 38:17

Were the gates of death uncovered to thee? and shalt thou see the gates of the shadow of death?

Psalm 9:13

Compassionate me, O Jehovah: see my affliction from those hating me, thou lifting me up from the gates of death:

Psalm 107:18

Their soul will abhor all food, and they will draw near to the gates of death.

Matthew 7:13-14

Enter ye in through the strait gate, for broad the gate and spacious the way leading to destruction, and many are they coming in through it. For strait the gate and afflicted the way leading into life, and few are they finding it.

John 10:7-10

Then said Jesus again to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, That I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep heard them not. I am the door: if any come in through me, he shall be saved, and he shall me in, and go out, and find pasture.read more.
The thief comes not, except that he steal, and sacrifice, and destroy: I came that they might have life, and have above measure.

Ezekiel 48:30-34

And these the goings out of the city from the side north, five hundred and four thousand the measure. And the gates of the city for the names of the tribes of Israel, three gates north; the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one. And to the side east, five hundred and four thousand: and three gates; the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one;read more.
And the side south, five hundred and four thousand the measure: and three gates; the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulon, one. The side of the sea five hundred and four thousand; three gates; the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtah, one.

Revelation 21:12-15

And having a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and the names inscribed, which are of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel: From the sunrising three gates; from the north three gates; from the south three gates; and from the sun-setting three gates. And the wall of the city having twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve sent of the Lamb.read more.
And he speaking with me had a golden reed that he might measure the city, and her gates, and her wall.

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Psalm 107:16

For he broke the brazen doors, and cut off the bars of iron.

Isaiah 45:2

I will go before thee, and I will make straight the circles: I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and I will cut down the bars of iron:

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Psalm 107:16

For he broke the brazen doors, and cut off the bars of iron.

Isaiah 45:2

I will go before thee, and I will make straight the circles: I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and I will cut down the bars of iron:

Gates » Of jerusalem

2 Chronicles 25:23

And Joash king of Israel seized Amaziah king of Judah, son of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, in the house of the sun; and he will bring him to Jerusalem, and he will break in upon the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim, even to the gate of turning, four hundred cubits.

2 Kings 14:13

And Jehoash king of Israel seized Amaziah king of Judah, son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, in the house of the sun; and he will come to Jerusalem, and he will break in the wall of Jerusalem in the gate of Ephraim, even to the gate of the corner, four hundred cubits

Nehemiah 12:39

And from above to the gate of Ephraim, and over the old gate, and over the gate of fishes, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, and even to the sheep gate: and, they stood in the gate of the prison.

Nehemiah 3:13

And the gate of the valley held fast Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and they will set up its doors its bolts and its bars, and a thousand cubits in the wall even to the gate of the dung-hill.

Nehemiah 3:26

And the Nethinims were dwelling in Ophel even to the front of the gate of waters to the sunrising, and the tower coming forth.

Gates » Holding courts of justice

Deuteronomy 21:19

And his father and his mother laid hold on him and brought him to the old men of his city, and to the gate of his place;

Deuteronomy 16:18

Judges and scribes shall thou give to thee in all thy gates which Jehovah thy God gave to thee according to thy tribes: and they judged the people just judgment

Joshua 20:4

And he fled to one of these cities and stood at the door of the gate of the city, and spake in the ears of the old men of that city, his words, and they received him into the city to them, and they gave to him a place, and he dwelt with them.

Deuteronomy 22:15

And the father of the young girl took, and her mother, and brought the signs of virginity of the young girl to the elders of the city to the gate:

Ruth 4:1

And Boaz went up to the gate and sat there: and behold, the blood relation whom Boaz spake of, passing by; and he will say, Turn aside, sit down here; thou such a one. And he will turn aside, and sit down.

Gates » Of the temple

Acts 3:2

And a certain man, being lame from his mother's womb, was carried, whom they set in the day at the door of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms from those going into the temple;

Ezekiel 46:1

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The gate of the inner enclosure turning to the east shall be shut six days of work; and in the day of the Sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

2 Kings 15:35

But the heights were not removed: the people yet sacrificing and burning incense upon the heights. He built the gate of the house of Jehovah the Most High.

Jeremiah 26:10

And the chiefs of Judah will hear these words, and they will come up from the king's house to the house of Jehovah, and they will sit in the opening of the new gate of Jehovah.

Gates » Of cities » Courts of justice held at

Proverbs 22:22-23

Thou shalt not strip the poor because he is poor: and thou shalt not crush the humble in the gate. For Jehovah will contend their contention, and rob the soul to those robbing them.

Deuteronomy 16:18

Judges and scribes shall thou give to thee in all thy gates which Jehovah thy God gave to thee according to thy tribes: and they judged the people just judgment

2 Samuel 15:2

And Absalom rose early and stood by the hand of the way of the gate: and it will be every man which shall be to him strife coming to the king for judgment, and Absalom will call to him and say, Where, from what city thou? And he will say, of one of the tribes of Israel is thy servant

Gates » The open square of, a place for idlers

Genesis 19:1

And two messengers shall come to Sodom in the evening; and Lot will sit in the gate of Sodom; and Lot will see, and will rise up to meet them, and will bow himself with the face to the earth.

1 Samuel 4:18

And it will be when he made mention of the ark of God, and he will fall from off the seat backwards by the side of the gate, and his neck will break, and he will die: for he was an old Man and heavy. And he judged Israel forty years.

Psalm 69:12

They sitting in the gate will speak against me, and I was but the music of stringed instruments, of strong drink

Proverbs 1:21

She will call in the head of sound, in the entrances of the gates: in the city she will say her words:

Jeremiah 17:19-20

Thus said Jehovah to me: Go and stand in the gate of the sons of the people which the kings of Judah shall come in in it, and which they shall go forth in it, and in all the gates of Jerusalem. And say to them, Hear the word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all inhabiting Jerusalem, coming in by these gates:

Gates » Figurative » Of salvation

Isaiah 26:2

Open ye the gates and the just nation watching truths shall come in.

Psalm 24:7

Lift up your heads, ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye openings of eternity, and the King of glory shall come in.

Matthew 7:13

Enter ye in through the strait gate, for broad the gate and spacious the way leading to destruction, and many are they coming in through it.

Genesis 28:17

And he will be afraid, and will Say, How terrible this place is not this but the house of God, and this the gate of the heavens?

Psalm 118:19-20

Open to me, ye gates of justice: I will go into them, I will praise Jah. This the gate to Jehovah, the just shall go into it

Gates » Of cities

2 Chronicles 8:5

And he will build the house of the hollow the high, and the house of the hollow the low, fortified cities, the walls, doors, and bar:

Deuteronomy 3:5

All these cities fortified with high walls, doors and bars; besides of cities of the open country exceedingly many.

Joshua 6:26

And Joshua will swear in that time, saying, Cursed the man before Jehovah who shall rise up and build this city Jericho: in his first-born he shall lay its foundation and in his younger he shall set up its doors.

1 Samuel 23:7

And it will be announced to Saul that David came to Keilah. And Saul will say, God sold him into my hand; for he was shut up, to come to a city of doors and bars.

2 Samuel 18:24

And David will sit between the two gates: and he watching will go to the roof of the gate to the wall, and he lift up his eyes and see, and behold, a man running by himself.

Gates » Punishment of criminals outside of

Jeremiah 20:2

And Pashur will strike Jeremiah the prophet and give him upon the stocks which were in the gate of Benjamin the highest, which were in the house of Jehovah.

Acts 7:58

And having cast out of the city, they stoned: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul.

Deuteronomy 17:5

And bring thou forth that man or that woman who did this evil word, to thy gates, the man and the woman, and stone them with stones, and they died.

Gates » Criminals generally punished without

John 19:17

And they took Jesus, and led away: and bearing his cross he went out into a place called Kranium, which in Hebraic is called Golgotha:

Leviticus 24:23

And Moses will speak to the sons of Israel, and they will bring forth him cursing, without the camp, and they will stone him with stone: and the sons of Israel did as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Gates » Of cities » Chief points of attack in war

Judges 5:8

He will choose new gods; Then war in the gates: If a shield was seen, and a lance, Among forty thousand in Israel

Isaiah 22:7

And it shall be the chosen of thy valleys was filled with chariots, and the horsemen placed a seat at the gate.

Ezekiel 21:15

In order to melt the heart and to multiply the ruins, I gave the turning of the sword against all their gates: Ah! it was made for lightnings, it was polished for slaughter.

Gates » Place for public concourse

Proverbs 1:21

She will call in the head of sound, in the entrances of the gates: in the city she will say her words:

Genesis 23:10

And Ephron dwelt in the midst of the sons of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite will answer Abraham in the ears of the sons of Heth, of all going to the gate of his city, saying,

Proverbs 8:3

At the hand of the gates, at the mouth of the city from the coming in of the doors she will cry:

Jeremiah 14:2

Judah mourned and her gates languished; they were darkened to the earth, and the outcry of Jerusalem went up.

Jeremiah 22:2

And say, Hear thou the word of Jehovah, O king of Judah, sitting upon the throne of David, thou and thy servants, and thy people coming in to these gates:

Gates » Of the temple » Levites the porters of

2 Chronicles 8:14

And he will set up according to the judgment of David his father the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their watches, to praise and to serve before the priests for the word of a day in its day; and the gate-keepers in their divisions, to gate and gate: for thus the command of David the man of God.

2 Chronicles 23:4

This the word which ye shall do; the third of you coming in the Sabbath to the priests and to the Levites, to the gates of the thresholds;

Gates » Thrones of kings at

Jeremiah 38:7

And the king's servant, the Cushite, a man, an eunuch, will hear, and he in the house of the king, that they gave Jeremiah to the pit; and the king sitting in the gate of Benjamin.

1 Kings 22:10

And the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat king of Judah, sitting each upon his throne, putting on their garments in the area of the opening of the gate of Shomeron; and all the prophets prophesying before them.

2 Chronicles 18:9

And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sitting each upon his throne, being clothed in garments, and sitting in the area of the door of the gate of Shomeron: and all the prophets prophesying before them.

Jeremiah 39:3

And all the chiefs of the king of Babel will come and sit in the middle gate, Nergal-Sarezer, Samgar-Nebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergal-Sharezer, Rab-Mag, and all the remainder of the chiefs of the king of Babel.

Gates » Of jerusalem » Horse gate

2 Chronicles 23:15

And they will put hands upon her, and she will come to the entrance of the gate of horses of the king's house; and they will slay her there.

Nehemiah 3:28

From above the gate of horses held fast the priests, a man to the front of his house.

Gates » Of jerusalem » Valley gate

2 Chronicles 26:9

And Uzziah will build towers in Jerusalem at the gate of the corner, and at the gate of the valley, and at the angle, and he will strengthen them.

Nehemiah 2:13

And I shall go forth by the gate of the valley by night, and before the second fountain, and to the gate of the dung-hill, and I shall be watching the walls of Jerusalem that they being broken, and its gates were consumed with fire.

Gates » Of jerusalem » Fish gate

2 Chronicles 33:14

And after this he built a wall outside to the city of David from the west to Gihon, in the valley to the entering into the gate of fishes, and it turned round about to the hill, and he will lift it up greatly, and he will set chiefs of the army in all the fortified cities in Judah.

Nehemiah 3:3

And the gate of fishes the sons of Hassenaah built; they framed and they will set up its doors, its bolts and its bars.

Gates » Of cities » Councils of state held at

2 Chronicles 18:9

And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sitting each upon his throne, being clothed in garments, and sitting in the area of the door of the gate of Shomeron: and all the prophets prophesying before them.

Jeremiah 39:3

And all the chiefs of the king of Babel will come and sit in the middle gate, Nergal-Sarezer, Samgar-Nebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergal-Sharezer, Rab-Mag, and all the remainder of the chiefs of the king of Babel.

Gates » Carcase of sin-offering burned without

Leviticus 4:12

And he brought forth all the bullock to from without the camp to a clean place, to the pouring out of the ashes, and burnt it upon the wood in fire: upon the pouring out of the ashes it shall be burnt

Hebrews 13:11-13

for of whom the blood of the living ones is brought for sin into the holies by the chief priest, the bodies of these are burned without the camp. Wherefore also Jesus, that he might consecrate the people by his own blood, suffered without the camp. Therefore we should come to him without the camp, bearing his reproach.

Gates » Of cities » Criminals punished at

Jeremiah 20:2

And Pashur will strike Jeremiah the prophet and give him upon the stocks which were in the gate of Benjamin the highest, which were in the house of Jehovah.

Deuteronomy 17:5

And bring thou forth that man or that woman who did this evil word, to thy gates, the man and the woman, and stone them with stones, and they died.

Gates » Of cities » Public commendation given at

Proverbs 31:31

Ye shall give her from the fruit of her hands, and her works shall praise her in the gates.

Gates » Of cities » Often razed and burned

Nehemiah 1:3

And they will say to me, They being left which were left of the captivity there in the province, in great evil and in reproach: and the walls of Jerusalem being broken down, and its gates were burnt with fire.

Lamentations 2:9

Her gates sank into the earth; he destroyed and broke her bars: her king and her chiefs among the nations: no law: also her prophets found not a vision from Jehovah.

Gates » Of the temple » The treasury placed at

Mark 12:41

And Jesus having sat over against the royal treasury, saw how the crowds cast money into the treasury: and many rich cast in much.

2 Chronicles 24:8

And the king will say, and they will make one ark, and they will give it in the gate of the house of Jehovah without

Gates » Of jerusalem » High gate of benjamin

Jeremiah 37:13

And he will be in the gate of Benjamin, and there a master of the ward and his name Irijah son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah; and he will take Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest to the Chaldeans.

Jeremiah 20:2

And Pashur will strike Jeremiah the prophet and give him upon the stocks which were in the gate of Benjamin the highest, which were in the house of Jehovah.

Gates » Of jerusalem » Dung gate

Nehemiah 3:14

And the gate of the dung-hill held fast Malchiah the son of Rechab, chief of the circuit of the house of the vineyard; he will build it, and set up its doors, its bolts and its bars.

Nehemiah 12:31

And I shall bring up the chiefs of Judah from above the wall, and I shall cause to stand two great choirs, and to go about to the right hand above to the wall to the gate of the dung-hill:

Gates » Of cities » Proclamations made at

Proverbs 1:21

She will call in the head of sound, in the entrances of the gates: in the city she will say her words:

Jeremiah 17:19

Thus said Jehovah to me: Go and stand in the gate of the sons of the people which the kings of Judah shall come in in it, and which they shall go forth in it, and in all the gates of Jerusalem.

Gates » Of jerusalem » Old gate

Nehemiah 3:6

And the old gate held fast Jehoida son of Paseah, and Meshullam son of Besodeiah; they framed and set up its doors, its bolts and its bars.

Nehemiah 12:39

And from above to the gate of Ephraim, and over the old gate, and over the gate of fishes, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, and even to the sheep gate: and, they stood in the gate of the prison.

Gates » Of cities » Conferences held at

Genesis 34:20

And Hamor will come, and Shechem his son, to the gate of their city, and they will speak to the men of the city, saying,

Gates » Of cities » Land sold at

Genesis 23:10

And Ephron dwelt in the midst of the sons of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite will answer Abraham in the ears of the sons of Heth, of all going to the gate of his city, saying,

Genesis 23:16

And Abraham will listen to Ephron, and Abraham will weigh to Ephron the silver, which he spake in the ears of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, passing for traffic.

Gates » Of jerusalem » Water gate

Nehemiah 8:3

And he will read in it before the broad place which is before the gate of the waters, from the light even to the half of the day, before the men and the women, and those understanding; and the ears of all the people will be to the book of the law.

Nehemiah 3:26

And the Nethinims were dwelling in Ophel even to the front of the gate of waters to the sunrising, and the tower coming forth.

Gates » Of cities » Shut at night-fall

Nehemiah 13:19

And it will be as the gates of Jerusalem were darkened before the Sabbath, and saying, and the doors shall be shut, and saying that they shall not open them till after the Sabbath: and from my young men I caused to stand at the gates; a burden shall not be brought in in the day of the Sabbath.

Joshua 2:5

And it will be for the shutting the gate in darkness, and the men went forth, and I knew not whither the men went; pursue quickly after them, for ye shall overtake them.

Gates » Of the temple » The pious israelites delighted to enter

Psalm 118:19

Open to me, ye gates of justice: I will go into them, I will praise Jah.

Gates » Of cities » Markets held at

2 Kings 7:1

And Elisha will say, Hear the word of Jehovah, thus said Jehovah, About the time to-motrow a measure of fine flour for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Shomeron.

2 Kings 7:18

And it will be as the man of God spake to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a meas are of fine flour for a shekel will be about the time tomorrow in the gate of homeron.

Gates » Made of » Brass

Psalm 107:16

For he broke the brazen doors, and cut off the bars of iron.

Isaiah 45:2

I will go before thee, and I will make straight the circles: I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and I will cut down the bars of iron:

Gates » Fastened with bars of iron

Psalm 107:16

For he broke the brazen doors, and cut off the bars of iron.

Isaiah 45:2

I will go before thee, and I will make straight the circles: I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and I will cut down the bars of iron:

Gates » Of jerusalem » Sheep gate

Nehemiah 3:1

And Eliashib the great priest will rise up and his brethren the priests, and they will build the sheep gate; they consecrated it, and they will set up its doors, and even to the tower of Meah they consecrated, and even to the tower of Hananeel.

John 5:2

And there is in Jerusalem, at the sheep place a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, having five porches.

Gates » Made to » Houses

Luke 16:20

And there was a certain beggar, Lazarus by name, who was cast at his gate, having been wounded,

Acts 12:14

And having known Peter's voice, from joy she opened not the gate, and running, announced Peter to stand before the gate.

Gates » Of the temple » Charge of, given by lot

1 Chronicles 26:13-19

And they will cast lots, according to small according to great, for the house of their fathers, to gate and gate And the lot will fall from the sunrising to Shelemiah. And Zechariah his son counseling in understanding, they cast lots; and his lot will go forth north. To Obed-Edom, south; and to his sons the house of stores. read more.
To Shuppim and to Hosah to the west, with the gate of Shallecheth, by the highway of the going up, watch over against watch. To the sunrising, six Levites; to the north, four for the day, to the south, four for the day, and to Asuppim, two, two. To Parbar to the west, four at the highway, two at the open portico, These the divisions of the gates to the sons of the Korahites, and to the sons of Merari.

Gates » Of cities » Public censure passed at

Job 5:4

His sons shall be far from salvation, and they shall be crushed in the gate, and none delivering.

Isaiah 29:21

Leading a man into sin by a word, and laying snares for him doing justice in the gate, and they will turn aside the just one by vanity.

Gates » Guards at

Nehemiah 13:19

And it will be as the gates of Jerusalem were darkened before the Sabbath, and saying, and the doors shall be shut, and saying that they shall not open them till after the Sabbath: and from my young men I caused to stand at the gates; a burden shall not be brought in in the day of the Sabbath.

Nehemiah 13:22

And saying to the Levites that they shall be purifying, and coming, watching the gates to consecrate the day of the Sabbath. Also this remember for me, O my God, and spare upon me according to the multitude of thy mercy.

2 Kings 7:17

And the king appointed the third who leaned upon his hand over the gate: and the people will tread upon him in the gate: and he will die according to the word of the man of God who spake in the king's coming down to him.

Gates » Double doors

Ezekiel 41:24

And two doors to the doors, two turning doors; two to the one door, and two to the other door.

Gates » Made of brass

Psalm 107:16

For he broke the brazen doors, and cut off the bars of iron.

Isaiah 45:2

I will go before thee, and I will make straight the circles: I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and I will cut down the bars of iron:

Gates » Figurative » Of death

Psalm 9:13

Compassionate me, O Jehovah: see my affliction from those hating me, thou lifting me up from the gates of death:

Job 38:17

Were the gates of death uncovered to thee? and shalt thou see the gates of the shadow of death?

Isaiah 38:10

I said in the quiet of my days, I shall go to the gates of hades: I was missed the remainder of my years.

Gates » Of jerusalem » Corner gate

2 Chronicles 26:9

And Uzziah will build towers in Jerusalem at the gate of the corner, and at the gate of the valley, and at the angle, and he will strengthen them.

Gates » Symbolical

Revelation 21:12-13

And having a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and the names inscribed, which are of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel: From the sunrising three gates; from the north three gates; from the south three gates; and from the sun-setting three gates.

Revelation 21:21

And the twelve gates twelve pearls; each one of the gates was of one pearl: and the broad way of the city pure gold, as transparent amber.

Gates » Illustrative » (of heaven,) of access to God

Genesis 28:12-17

And he will dream, and behold a ladder placed in the earth, and the head of it reaching to the heavens: and behold the messengers of God ascending and descending upon it. And behold, Jehovah was set upon it, and he will say, I Jehovah, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaak: the land which thou liest upon it, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed. And thy seed was as the dust of the earth, And thou didst spread abroad to the sea and east, and north, and south: and in thee shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed, and in thy seed. read more.
And behold, I am with thee, and I preserved thee in all which thou shalt go, and I turned thee back to this land; for I will not forsake thee, till that I have done what I said to thee. And Jacob will awake from his sleep, and he will say, surely there is Jehovah in this place and I knew not And he will be afraid, and will Say, How terrible this place is not this but the house of God, and this the gate of the heavens?

Gates » Of the temple » Called gates of zion

Lamentations 1:4

The ways of Zion mourn from none coming to the appointment: all her gates being desolated: her priests groaning, her virgins grieved, and it is bitterness to her.

Gates » Of jerusalem » Gate of ephraim

Nehemiah 12:39

And from above to the gate of Ephraim, and over the old gate, and over the gate of fishes, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, and even to the sheep gate: and, they stood in the gate of the prison.

Gates » Illustrative » (of hell,) of satan's power

Gates » Of the temple » Overlaid with gold

2 Kings 18:16

In that time Hezekiah broke off the doors of the temple of Jehovah, and the supporters which Hezekiah king of Judah overlaid, and he will give them to the king of Assur.

Gates » Of jerusalem » Gate of miphkad

Nehemiah 3:31

After him held fast Malchiah son of the goldsmith, even to the house of the Nethinims, and the merchants before the gate of the review, and even to the going up of the turning.

Gates » Of jerusalem » Gate of the fountain

Nehemiah 3:15

And the gate of the fountain Shallum son of Colhozeh, ruler of the circuit of Mizpeh, held fast; he will build it and cover it, and set, it up, its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and the walls of the pool of Shiloh by the king's garden, and even to the steps going down from the city of David.

Gates » Of cities » Troops reviewed at, going to war

2 Samuel 18:4

And the king will say to them, What will be good in your eyes I will do. And the king will stand at the hand of the gate, and all the people will go forth, by hundreds and by thousands.

Gates » Of cities » Battering rams used against

Ezekiel 21:22

In his right hand was the divination of Jerusalem, to set battering-rams, to open the mouth in breaking in pieces, to lift up the voice with a loud noise, to set battering-rams against the gates, to throw up a mound, to build a watch-tower.

Gates » Of cities » Chief places of concourse

Proverbs 1:21

She will call in the head of sound, in the entrances of the gates: in the city she will say her words:

Gates » Made to » Cities

1 Kings 17:10

And he will rise and go to Zarephath, and will come to the entrance of the city, and behold there a widow woman gathering wood: and he will call to her, and say, Take now to me a little water in a vessel, and I will drink.

Gates » Illustrative » (strait,) of the entrance to life

Gates » Illustrative » (wide,) of the entrance to ruin

Matthew 7:13

Enter ye in through the strait gate, for broad the gate and spacious the way leading to destruction, and many are they coming in through it.

Gates » Of the temple » Called gates of righteousness

Psalm 118:19

Open to me, ye gates of justice: I will go into them, I will praise Jah.

Gates » Illustrative » (of the grave,) of death

Isaiah 38:10

I said in the quiet of my days, I shall go to the gates of hades: I was missed the remainder of my years.

Gates » Of the temple » Called gates of the lord

Psalm 118:20

This the gate to Jehovah, the just shall go into it

Gates » Of cities » Custom of sitting at, in the evening, alluded to

Genesis 19:1

And two messengers shall come to Sodom in the evening; and Lot will sit in the gate of Sodom; and Lot will see, and will rise up to meet them, and will bow himself with the face to the earth.

Gates » Of cities » Experienced officers placed over

2 Kings 7:17

And the king appointed the third who leaned upon his hand over the gate: and the people will tread upon him in the gate: and he will die according to the word of the man of God who spake in the king's coming down to him.

Gates » Made to » Camps

Exodus 32:26

And Moses will stand in the gate of the camp, and will say, Who for Jehovah? to me. And all the sons of Levi will assemble together to him.

Gates » Design of

Isaiah 62:10

Pass through, pass through in the gates; clear ye the way of the people; lift up, lift up the highway; free it from stone; raise up a signal for the peoples.

Gates » Made to » Palaces

Esther 5:13

And all this was not an equivalent to me in all the time which I see Mordecai the Jew sitting in the king's gate.

Gates » The place for the transaction of public business, announcement of legal transactions

Genesis 23:10

And Ephron dwelt in the midst of the sons of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite will answer Abraham in the ears of the sons of Heth, of all going to the gate of his city, saying,

Genesis 23:16

And Abraham will listen to Ephron, and Abraham will weigh to Ephron the silver, which he spake in the ears of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, passing for traffic.

Gates » Often two-leaved

Gates » Of cities » Idolatrous rites performed at

Acts 14:13

And Jupiter's priest, being before their city, having brought bulls and crowns to the gates, wished to sacrifice with the crowd.

Gates » Made to » Prisons

Acts 12:10

And having passed by the first and second watch, they came to the iron gate leading to the city; which of its free will was opened to them: and having come out, they advanced one street; and quickly the messenger departed from him.

Gates » Made of » Iron

Acts 12:10

And having passed by the first and second watch, they came to the iron gate leading to the city; which of its free will was opened to them: and having come out, they advanced one street; and quickly the messenger departed from him.

Gates » Illustrative » Of Christ

Gates » Figurative » Of righteousness

Psalm 118:19

Open to me, ye gates of justice: I will go into them, I will praise Jah.

Gates » Figurative » Of the gospel

Isaiah 60:11

And thy gates were opened continually; day and night they shall not be shut; to bring to thee the strength of the nations, and their kings being led on.

Gates » Figurative » Of the grave

Isaiah 38:10

I said in the quiet of my days, I shall go to the gates of hades: I was missed the remainder of my years.

Gates » Made to » Rivers

Nahum 2:6

The gates of the rivers were opened, and the temple melted away.

Gates » Closed at night

Joshua 2:5

And it will be for the shutting the gate in darkness, and the men went forth, and I knew not whither the men went; pursue quickly after them, for ye shall overtake them.

Joshua 2:7

And the men pursued after them the way of Jordan at the passages: and they shut the gate afterwards as they pursuing after them went forth.

Gates » Of the temple » One specially beautiful

Acts 3:2

And a certain man, being lame from his mother's womb, was carried, whom they set in the day at the door of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms from those going into the temple;

Gates » Of the temple » Frequented by beggars

Acts 3:2

And a certain man, being lame from his mother's womb, was carried, whom they set in the day at the door of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms from those going into the temple;

Gates » Figurative » Of the powers of hell (hades)

Gates » Figurative » Of the people of a city

Isaiah 3:26

And her entrances sighed and mourned; and being clean, she shall sit upon the earth.

Gates » Of cities » Land redeemed at

Ruth 4:1

And Boaz went up to the gate and sat there: and behold, the blood relation whom Boaz spake of, passing by; and he will say, Turn aside, sit down here; thou such a one. And he will turn aside, and sit down.

Gates » Made to » Temples

Acts 3:2

And a certain man, being lame from his mother's womb, was carried, whom they set in the day at the door of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms from those going into the temple;

Gates » Bodies of criminals exposed to view at

2 Kings 10:8

And a messenger will come and announce to him, saying, They brought the heads of the king's sons. And he will say, Put them two heaps at the door of the gate till the morning.

Gates » Conferences on public affairs

Genesis 34:20

And Hamor will come, and Shechem his son, to the gate of their city, and they will speak to the men of the city, saying,

Gates » Jails made in the towers of

Jeremiah 20:2

And Pashur will strike Jeremiah the prophet and give him upon the stocks which were in the gate of Benjamin the highest, which were in the house of Jehovah.

Gates » Religious services held at

Acts 14:13

And Jupiter's priest, being before their city, having brought bulls and crowns to the gates, wished to sacrifice with the crowd.

Gates » Closed on the sabbath

Nehemiah 13:19

And it will be as the gates of Jerusalem were darkened before the Sabbath, and saying, and the doors shall be shut, and saying that they shall not open them till after the Sabbath: and from my young men I caused to stand at the gates; a burden shall not be brought in in the day of the Sabbath.

Gates » Made of iron

Acts 12:10

And having passed by the first and second watch, they came to the iron gate leading to the city; which of its free will was opened to them: and having come out, they advanced one street; and quickly the messenger departed from him.

Gates » Made of wood

Nehemiah 1:3

And they will say to me, They being left which were left of the captivity there in the province, in great evil and in reproach: and the walls of Jerusalem being broken down, and its gates were burnt with fire.

Gates » The law read at

Iron » Made into » Gates

Acts 12:10

And having passed by the first and second watch, they came to the iron gate leading to the city; which of its free will was opened to them: and having come out, they advanced one street; and quickly the messenger departed from him.

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Bronze Gates

Psalm 107:16

For he broke the brazen doors, and cut off the bars of iron.

Coming To Gates

Matthew 7:13-14

Enter ye in through the strait gate, for broad the gate and spacious the way leading to destruction, and many are they coming in through it.

East Gates

Ezekiel 40:22

And its windows and its porch and its palm tree, as the measure of the gate whose face the way of the east: and they will go up into it by seven steps; and its porch before them.

Gates Of Death

Job 38:17

Were the gates of death uncovered to thee? and shalt thou see the gates of the shadow of death?

Gates Of The Temple

Exodus 38:18

And the covering of the gate of the enclosure a variegated work, cerulean purple, and red purple, and double scarlet, and twisted byssus: and twenty cubits the length, and the height in breadth, five cubits, even as the curtains of the enclosure.

Named Gates

Luke 16:20

And there was a certain beggar, Lazarus by name, who was cast at his gate, having been wounded,

North Gates

Ezekiel 46:9

And In the going in of the people of the land before Jehovah in the appointments, he going in the way of the gate of the north to worship, shall come forth the way of the gate of the south; and he going in the way of the gate of the south, shall come forth the way of the gate of the north: he shall not turn back the way which he came in it, but he shall come forth opposite to it

Opening Gates

Psalm 118:19

Open to me, ye gates of justice: I will go into them, I will praise Jah.

South Gates

1 Chronicles 26:15-25

To Obed-Edom, south; and to his sons the house of stores.

Waiting At Gates

Acts 9:24

But this project was known to Saul. And they observed narrowly the gates day, and also night, that they might kill him.

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