Bible Verses About Gatekeepers
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for gatekeepers, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,325 votes, led by Psalms 84:10. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Gatekeepers
Psalms 84:10213 votes
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
1 Chronicles 26:1-19171 votes
Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
1 Chronicles 9:17-27137 votes
And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
2 Kings 22:4130 votes
Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:
2 Chronicles 8:14122 votes
And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
1 Chronicles 23:5114 votes
Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
Nehemiah 12:25112 votes
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
2 Chronicles 23:19105 votes
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the Lord, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.
1 Chronicles 15:23-24100 votes
And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
Isaiah 62:6-1081 votes
I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence,
2 Chronicles 31:1476 votes
And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the Lord, and the most holy things.
2 Chronicles 34:1376 votes
Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.
Nehemiah 7:1-376 votes
Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
2 Kings 7:10-1173 votes
So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.
Nehemiah 11:1971 votes
Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.
John 10:363 votes
To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
James 5:1-2046 votes
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
Ezra 2:4245 votes
The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine.
Revelation 21:1240 votes
And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
1 Timothy 2:1-1536 votes
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
1 Chronicles 9:17-3230 votes
And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
Ezra 7:727 votes
And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
Ezra 7:2427 votes
Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.
Nehemiah 7:4525 votes
The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.
2 Chronicles 35:1524 votes
And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
What does the Bible say about gatekeepers?
Readers most often cite Psalms 84:10 on the subject of gatekeepers. Across 2,325 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Chronicles 26:1-19, 1 Chronicles 9:17-27, 2 Kings 22:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.