Job 29:7
When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,
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Job 29:7
When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,
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Job 29:8
The young men saw me, and went away, and the old men got up from their seats;
Ruth 4:1
And Boaz went up to the public place of the town, and took his seat there: and the near relation of whom he had been talking came by; and Boaz, crying out to him by name, said, Come and be seated here. And he came and was seated.
Ruth 4:2
Then he got ten of the responsible men of the town, and said, Be seated here. And they took their seats.
Deuteronomy 16:18
You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.
Proverbs 31:23
Her husband is a man of note in the public place, when he takes his seat among the responsible men of the land.
Deuteronomy 21:19
Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;
Lamentations 5:14
The old men are no longer seated in the doorway, and the music of the young men has come to an end.
Genesis 23:10
Now Ephron was seated among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite gave Abraham his answer in the hearing of the children of Heth, and of all those who came into his town, saying,
Zechariah 8:16
These are the things which you are to do: Let every man say what is true to his neighbour; and let your judging give peace in your towns.
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Job 31:21
If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;
Amos 5:10
They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are upright is disgusting to them.
Deuteronomy 17:5
Then you are to take the man or woman who has done the evil to the public place of your town, and they are to be stoned with stones till they are dead.
Job 5:4
Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause.
Amos 5:12
For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.
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Nehemiah 8:3
He was reading it in the wide place in front of the water-doorway, from early morning till the middle of the day, in the hearing of all those men and women whose minds were able to take it in; and the ears of all the people were open to the book of the law.
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