Cross references

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is known at the city gates,

where he sits among the elders of the land.

Proverbs 31:23 BSB

Proverbs 31:23 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 12:4 (9 votes) and Ruth 4:1 (7 votes). 11 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Genesis 34 to Titus 2.

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Which verses does Proverbs 31:23 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.

  2. Ruth 4:17 votes

    Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.

  3. You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

  4. his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,

  5. Ruth 4:113 votes

    “We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.

  6. Job 29:73 votes

    When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,

  7. Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.

Which verses point to Proverbs 31:23?

The 10 strongest of 11.