7 Bible Verses about Waiting At Gates

but their plot became known to Saul. They were also watching the gates day and night so that they might put him to death;

“Blessed is the man who listens to me,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at my doorposts.

Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, “Why do we sit here until we die?

All the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman; for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai neither bowed down nor paid homage.

He shall flee to one of these cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and state his case in the hearing of the elders of that city; and they shall take him into the city to them and give him a place, so that he may dwell among them.

And Daniel made request of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego over the administration of the province of Babylon, while Daniel was at the king’s court.

Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots,
And the horsemen took up fixed positions at the gate.