16 Bible Verses about Business At The Gateway

How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! They will not be put to shame when they confront enemies at the city gate.

Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,

Hate what is wrong, love what is right! Promote justice at the city gate! Maybe the Lord, the God who commands armies, will have mercy on those who are left from Joseph.

you must bring to your city gates that man or woman who has done this wicked thing -- that very man or woman -- and you must stone that person to death.

those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.

The Israelites hate anyone who arbitrates at the city gate; they despise anyone who speaks honestly.

Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.

(Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth.) Ephron the Hethite replied to Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth -- before all who entered the gate of his city --

as his property in the presence of the sons of Heth before all who entered the gate of Ephron's city.

So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city,

All the men who assembled at the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem. Every male who assembled at the city gate was circumcised.

When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate as if to speak privately with him. Joab then stabbed him in the abdomen and killed him, avenging the shed blood of his brother Asahel.

at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words:

beside the gates opening into the city, at the entrance of the doorways she cries out:

Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth.

These are the things you must do: Speak the truth, each of you, to one another. Practice true and righteous judgment in your courts.