Psalm 48:11-14 surveys Jerusalem's defenses — here God Himself strengthens the city's gates and blesses its children, a direct act of protection.

Psalm 115:14 directly asks God to increase children, echoing the blessing of children here.

Psalm 125:2 pictures God surrounding Jerusalem like mountains — here He strengthens the gates, a concrete image of that encircling protection.

Psalm 128:3-6 blesses children and Jerusalem's prosperity, closely paralleling the blessing of children and city security.

Psalm 51:18 prays for Jerusalem's walls to be built — here God answers by strengthening the gates and blessing the people.

Psalm 144:12 compares children to architectural pillars, similar to strengthening gates as a metaphor for security and blessing.

Luke 19:42-44 portrays the opposite: Jerusalem's gates will be torn down because they did not know the time of visitation, contrasting God's blessing here.

Nehemiah 3:1-16 details the rebuilding of Jerusalem's gates — the main verse praises God for this very restoration.

Lamentations 4:12 describes disbelief that enemies could breach Jerusalem's gates, contrasting with God strengthening gates here.

Lamentations 2:9 says gates sunk and bars broken — here God strengthens those same bars, showing restoration.

Lamentations 2:8 describes God destroying Jerusalem's wall — the main verse reverses that by praising Him for strengthening the gates.

Nehemiah 7:1 records the doors being set up — the main verse praises God for strengthening those same gate bars.

Jeremiah 51:30 describes Babylon's bars broken and gates burned — a judgment contrast to God strengthening bars.

Nahum 3:13 says the gates are wide open and bars burnt — a vivid contrast to God's strengthening of gates.

Nehemiah 6:1 notes the gates lacked doors — the main verse celebrates God strengthening the bars, implying the work's completion.

Nehemiah 12:30 describes purification of the gates — the main verse celebrates God strengthening these purified gates.

Jeremiah 30:19 promises multiplication and honor of people, echoing the blessing of children and prosperity.

Jeremiah 30:20 speaks of children being established and congregation secure, paralleling strengthened gates and blessed children.

Isaiah 44:3-5 promises God's Spirit and blessing on offspring, paralleling the blessing of children here.