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Bible Verses About Gates
Find Bible verses about gates — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about gates?
The Bible addresses gates with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Matthew 16:18
“I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.”
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Job 38:17
“Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?”
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Revelation 21:21
“The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each one of the gates was made of one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.”
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Psalms 100:4
“Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.”
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Jeremiah 22:19
“He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”
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Psalms 107:16
“For he has broken the gates of brass, and cut through bars of iron.”
Isaiah 60:11
“Your gates also shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations, and their kings led captive.”
Psalms 118:19
“Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah.”
Psalms 87:2
“Yahweh loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.”
Isaiah 62:10
“Go through, go through the gates! Prepare the way of the people! Cast up, cast up the highway! Gather out the stones! Lift up a banner for the peoples.”
Revelation 21:25
“Its gates will in no way be shut by day (for there will be no night there),”
Proverbs 8:34
“Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.”
Psalms 122:2
“Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem;”
Psalms 9:13
“Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death;”
Lamentations 1:4
“The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly; all her gates are desolate, her priests do sigh: her virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in bitterness.”
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