14 occurrences in 12 translations

'Gates' in the Bible

And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.

Verse ConceptsSitting In DejectionMourning Due To Catastrophe

Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.

Verse ConceptsBanners, Literal UseBeaconsFlags

Wail, you gates! Cry out, city!Tremble with fear, all Philistia!For a cloud of dust is coming from the north,and there is no one missing from the invader’s ranks.

Verse ConceptsNorthSmokeOut Of The NorthOrderly ArmysmokingSmoke Used Poetically

They set the table [for the doomed banquet], they spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink;“Rise up, captains [of Belshazzar’s court], oil your shields [for battle, for your enemy is at the gates]!”

Verse ConceptsAnointing With OilOfficersShieldsTablesAnointing ThingsEating And Drinking

Your best valleys were full of chariots,and horsemen were positioned at the gates.

Verse ConceptsGatesChariotsWaiting At GatesRiding HorsesAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

Desolation remains in the city whose gates lie battered into ruins.

Verse ConceptsBattering ramsArchaeologyDestruction Of Cities

I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

Verse ConceptsGatesGates Of DeathEarly DeathLife Cut Short

I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:

Verse ConceptsBattlesIronCrookednessBrassStraighteningSmoothnessGod Going BeforeIron ObjectsBronze GatesSolar EclipseBreaking Chains

And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.

Verse ConceptsCrystalsPrecious StonesSparklingborderscredibility

Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.

Verse ConceptsGatesShutting SecurelyThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesShutting GatesDay Or NightGetting RichJerusalem In Millennial KingdomGentiles

Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.

Verse ConceptsSalvation, Illustrations OfFigurative WallsFreedom From ViolenceGod Saves The NeedyPraise The Lord!Spilling Your Seed On The Groundborders

Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.

Verse ConceptsHighwayComing To GatesFlagsMaking RoadsHighwaysRemoving People From Your Life

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