Judges 19:16

Modern English Version

And behold, an old man came in at evening time from his work in the field. The man was from the hill country of Ephraim and lived as a resident foreigner in Gibeah, but the townspeople were Benjamites.

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your face you will eat bread until you return to the ground, because out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”

Psalm 104:23

Man goes out to his work and to his labor until the evening.

Psalm 128:2

For you shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall go well with you.

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth gained by fraud will dwindle, but he who gathers by hand will increase it.

Proverbs 14:23

In all toil there is profit, but idle chatter of the lips leads only to poverty.

Proverbs 24:27

Set in order your outside work, make it ready for yourself in the field, and afterwards build your house.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

I set my heart to seek and to investigate with wisdom everything that is done under heaven. It is a burdensome task that God has given to humanity to be occupied with.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

Sweet is the sleep of one who works hard, whether he eats little or much; but due to the excess of the rich, there will be no sleep for him.

Hosea 9:9

They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity, He will punish their sins.

Ephesians 4:28

Let him who steals steal no more. Instead, let him labor, working with his hands things which are good, that he may have something to share with him who is in need.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

For when we were with you, we commanded you that if any will not work, neither shall he eat.

Judges 19:1

In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite living as resident foreigner in a remote part of the hill country of Ephraim. He took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah.

Judges 19:14

They continued and went on. The sun went down when they were near Gibeah in Benjamin.

Judges 19:15

So they turned aside there to go and spend the night in Gibeah. They went in and sat in the city square, but no one took them in to spend the night.

Judges 19:17

He looked up and saw the traveler in the city square. The old man said, “Where are you going, and where do you come from?”