Matthew 16:18
I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
John 1:42
He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, "You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas" (which is by interpretation, Peter).
Ephesians 2:19-22
So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,
Colossians 1:18
He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Job 38:17
Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
Isaiah 38:10
I said, "In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years."
Matthew 10:2
Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;
Acts 2:47
praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.
Revelation 21:14
The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.
Genesis 22:17
that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your seed greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.
2 Samuel 18:4
The king said to them, "I will do what seems best to you." The king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.
Psalm 9:13
Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death;
Psalm 69:12
Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.
Psalm 125:1-2
Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can't be moved, but remains forever.
Psalm 127:5
Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won't be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate. A Song of Ascents.
Proverbs 24:7
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he doesn't open his mouth in the gate.
Isaiah 28:6
and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
Isaiah 28:16
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, "Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.
Isaiah 54:17
No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of Yahweh, and their righteousness which is of me," says Yahweh.
Zechariah 6:12-13
and speak to him, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies, "Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: and he shall grow up out of his place; and he shall build the temple of Yahweh;
Matthew 11:23
You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down to Hades. For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until this day.
Matthew 18:17
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.
John 10:27-30
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
Acts 8:1
Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.
Romans 8:33-39
Who could bring a charge against God's chosen ones? It is God who justifies.
1 Corinthians 3:9-11
For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's farming, God's building.
1 Corinthians 15:55
"Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?"
Galatians 2:9
and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, they who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision.
Ephesians 3:10
to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,
Ephesians 5:25-27
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;
Ephesians 5:32
This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.
1 Timothy 3:5
(but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)
1 Timothy 3:15
but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Hebrews 3:3-4
For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who built the house has more honor than the house.
Hebrews 12:28
Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can't be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,
Revelation 11:15
The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!"
Revelation 21:1-4
I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.
Psalm 107:18
Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.