Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Gates » The open square of, a place for idlers
The two angels came to Sodom in the evening while Lot was sitting in the city's gateway. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face toward the ground.
When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward from his chair beside the gate. He broke his neck and died, for he was old and heavy. He had judged Israel for forty years.
Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs.
at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words:
The Lord told me, "Go and stand in the People's Gate through which the kings of Judah enter and leave the city. Then go and stand in all the other gates of the city of Jerusalem. As you stand in those places announce, 'Listen, all you people who pass through these gates. Listen, all you kings of Judah, all you people of Judah and all you citizens of Jerusalem. Listen to what the Lord says.
Music » Songs » Idle
They sing to the tune of stringed instruments; like David they invent musical instruments.
I will turn your festivals into funerals, and all your songs into funeral dirges. I will make everyone wear funeral clothes and cause every head to be shaved bald. I will make you mourn as if you had lost your only son; when it ends it will indeed have been a bitter day.
Take away from me your noisy songs; I don't want to hear the music of your stringed instruments.
Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs.
Scorning and mocking » Drunkards addicted to
At the celebration of their king, his princes become inflamed with wine; they conspire with evildoers.
Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs.
Singing » Songs » Idle
They sing to the tune of stringed instruments; like David they invent musical instruments.
I will turn your festivals into funerals, and all your songs into funeral dirges. I will make everyone wear funeral clothes and cause every head to be shaved bald. I will make you mourn as if you had lost your only son; when it ends it will indeed have been a bitter day.
Take away from me your noisy songs; I don't want to hear the music of your stringed instruments.
Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs.
Songs » Idle
They sing to the tune of stringed instruments; like David they invent musical instruments.
I will turn your festivals into funerals, and all your songs into funeral dirges. I will make everyone wear funeral clothes and cause every head to be shaved bald. I will make you mourn as if you had lost your only son; when it ends it will indeed have been a bitter day.
Take away from me your noisy songs; I don't want to hear the music of your stringed instruments.
Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs.