Psalm 147:13
For he makes the bars of your gates strong. He blesses your children within you.
Nehemiah 3:1-16
Then Eliashib the high priest and his priestly colleagues arose and built the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and erected its doors, working as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel.
Nehemiah 6:1
When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and no breach remained in it (even though up to that time I had not positioned doors in the gates),
Nehemiah 7:1
When the wall had been rebuilt and I had positioned the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,
Nehemiah 7:3
I said to them, "The gates of Jerusalem must not be opened in the early morning, until those who are standing guard close the doors and lock them. Position residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their guard stations and some near their homes."
Nehemiah 12:30
When the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
Psalm 48:11-14
Mount Zion rejoices; the towns of Judah are happy, because of your acts of judgment.
Psalm 51:18
Because you favor Zion, do what is good for her! Fortify the walls of Jerusalem!
Psalm 115:14-15
May he increase your numbers, yours and your children's!
Psalm 125:2
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, now and forevermore.
Psalm 128:3-6
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner rooms of your house; your children will be like olive branches, as they sit all around your table.
Psalm 144:12
Then our sons will be like plants, that quickly grow to full size. Our daughters will be like corner pillars, carved like those in a palace.
Isaiah 44:3-5
For I will pour water on the parched ground and cause streams to flow on the dry land. I will pour my spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your children.
Jeremiah 30:19-20
Out of those places you will hear songs of thanksgiving and the sounds of laughter and merriment. I will increase their number and they will not dwindle away. I will bring them honor and they will no longer be despised.
Lamentations 2:8-9
(Khet) The Lord was determined to tear down Daughter Zion's wall. He prepared to knock it down; he did not withdraw his hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and fortified walls lament; together they mourned their ruin.
Lamentations 4:12
(Lamed) Neither the kings of the earth nor the people of the lands ever thought that enemy or foe would enter the gates of Jerusalem.
Daniel 9:25
So know and understand: From the issuing of the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until an anointed one, a prince arrives, there will be a period of seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will again be built, with plaza and moat, but in distressful times.
Zechariah 8:3-5
The Lord says, 'I have returned to Zion and will live within Jerusalem. Now Jerusalem will be called "truthful city," "mountain of the Lord who rules over all," "holy mountain."'
Luke 19:42-44
saying, "If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.