Isaiah 26:2

Open the gates so a righteous nation can enter -- one that remains trustworthy.

Psalm 118:20

This is the Lord's gate -- the godly enter through it.

Isaiah 60:11

Your gates will remain open at all times; they will not be shut during the day or at night, so that the wealth of nations may be delivered, with their kings leading the way.

Isaiah 60:21

All of your people will be godly; they will possess the land permanently. I will plant them like a shoot; they will be the product of my labor, through whom I reveal my splendor.

Isaiah 62:10

Come through! Come through the gates! Prepare the way for the people! Build it! Build the roadway! Remove the stones! Lift a signal flag for the nations!

Exodus 19:6

and you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites."

Deuteronomy 4:6-8

So be sure to do them, because this will testify of your wise understanding to the people who will learn of all these statutes and say, "Indeed, this great nation is a very wise people."

Psalm 106:5

so I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, rejoice along with your nation, and boast along with the people who belong to you.

Isaiah 54:14

You will be reestablished when I vindicate you. You will not experience oppression; indeed, you will not be afraid. You will not be terrified, for nothing frightening will come near you.

Isaiah 58:8

Then your light will shine like the sunrise; your restoration will quickly arrive; your godly behavior will go before you, and the Lord's splendor will be your rear guard.

Isaiah 62:2

Nations will see your vindication, and all kings your splendor. You will be called by a new name that the Lord himself will give you.

Ezekiel 48:31-34

the gates of the city will be named for the tribes of Israel; there will be three gates to the north: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi.

Zechariah 8:20

The Lord who rules over all says, 'It will someday come to pass that people -- residents of many cities -- will come.

Acts 2:47

praising God and having the good will of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day those who were being saved.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

2 Peter 3:13

But, according to his promise, we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness truly resides.

Jude 1:3

Dear friends, although I have been eager to write to you about our common salvation, I now feel compelled instead to write to encourage you to contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.

Revelation 5:9

They were singing a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were killed, and at the cost of your own blood you have purchased for God persons from every tribe, language, people, and nation.

Revelation 21:24

The nations will walk by its light and the kings of the earth will bring their grandeur into it.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.

Truth

General references

Bible References

Righteous

Isaiah 60:21
All of your people will be godly; they will possess the land permanently. I will plant them like a shoot; they will be the product of my labor, through whom I reveal my splendor.
Exodus 19:6
and you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites."
Deuteronomy 4:6
So be sure to do them, because this will testify of your wise understanding to the people who will learn of all these statutes and say, "Indeed, this great nation is a very wise people."
Psalm 106:5
so I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, rejoice along with your nation, and boast along with the people who belong to you.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
2 Peter 3:13
But, according to his promise, we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness truly resides.
Revelation 5:9
They were singing a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were killed, and at the cost of your own blood you have purchased for God persons from every tribe, language, people, and nation.

Truth

Jude 1:3
Dear friends, although I have been eager to write to you about our common salvation, I now feel compelled instead to write to encourage you to contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.

General references

Ezekiel 48:31
the gates of the city will be named for the tribes of Israel; there will be three gates to the north: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi.

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