Judges 19:16

Easy To Read Version

That evening an old man came into the city from the fields. His home was in the hill country of Ephraim. But now he was living in the city of Gibeah. (The men of Gibeah were from the family group of Benjamin.)

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

You will work hard for your food, until your face is covered with sweat. You will work hard until the day you die. And then you will become dust again. I used dust to make you. And when you die you will become dust again.”

Psalm 104:23

Then people go out to do their work.\par And they work until evening.\par

Psalm 128:2

You will enjoy the things you work for.\par You will be happy,\par and good things will happen to you.\par

Proverbs 13:11

If a person cheats to get money, then that money will soon be gone. But the person who earns his money will make it grow more and more.

Proverbs 14:23

If you work hard, then you will have the things you need. But if you do nothing but talk, then you will be poor.

Proverbs 24:27

Don’t build your house before you plant your fields. Make sure that you are prepared to grow food before you build a place to live.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

I decided to study and to use my wisdom to learn about all the things that are done in this life. I learned that it is a very hard thing that God gave us to do.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

A man that works hard all day comes home and sleeps in peace. It is not important if he has little or much to eat. But a rich person worries about his wealth and is not able to sleep.

Hosea 9:9

The Israelites have gone deep into ruin like in the time of Gibeah. {\cf2\super [91]} The Lord will remember the Israelites’ sins. He will punish their sins.

Ephesians 4:28

If a person is stealing, he must stop stealing. That person must start working. He must use his hands for doing something good. Then he will have something to share with those people who are poor.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

When we were with you, we gave you this rule: “If a person will not work, then he will not eat.”

Judges 19:1

At that time, the people of Israel did not have a king.

Judges 19:14

So the Levite [152] man and the people with him traveled on. The sun was going down just as they entered the city of Gibeah. Gibeah is in the area that belongs to the family group of Benjamin.

Judges 19:15

So they stopped at Gibeah. They planned to stay the night in that city. They came to the city square [153] in the city and sat down there. But no one invited them home to stay the night.

Judges 19:17

The old man saw the traveler (the Levite man), in the public square. The old man asked, “Where are you going? Where did you come from?”