Judges 19:16

New Century Version

Finally, in the evening an old man came in from his work in the fields. His home was in the mountains of Ephraim, but now he was living in Gibeah. (The people of Gibeah were from the tribe of Benjamin.)

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

You will sweat and work hard for your food. Later you will return to the ground, because you were taken from it. You are dust, and when you die, you will return to the dust.”

Psalm 104:23

Then people go to work and work until evening.

Psalm 128:2

You will enjoy what you work for, and you will be blessed with good things.

Proverbs 13:11

Money that comes easily disappears quickly, but money that is gathered little by little will grow.

Proverbs 14:23

Those who work hard make a profit, but those who only talk will be poor.

Proverbs 24:27

First, finish your outside work and prepare your fields. After that, you can build your house.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

I decided to use my wisdom to learn about everything that happens on earth. I learned that God has given us terrible things to face.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

Those who work hard sleep in peace; it is not important if they eat little or much. But rich people worry about their wealth and cannot sleep.

Hosea 9:9

The people of Israel have gone deep into sin as the people of Gibeah did. The Lord will remember the evil things they have done, and he will punish their sins.

Ephesians 4:28

Those who are stealing must stop stealing and start working. They should earn an honest living for themselves. Then they will have something to share with those who are poor.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

When we were with you, we gave you this rule: “Anyone who refuses to work should not eat.”

Judges 19:1

At that time Israel did not have a king. There was a Levite who lived in the faraway mountains of Ephraim. He had taken a slave woman from the city of Bethlehem in the land of Judah to live with him,

Judges 19:14

So they went on. The sun went down as they came near Gibeah, which belongs to the tribe of Benjamin.

Judges 19:15

They stopped there to spend the night. They came to the public square of the city and sat down, but no one invited them home to spend the night.

Judges 19:17

He saw the traveler in the public square and asked, “Where are you going? Where did you come from?”