Judges 19:16

The Scriptures 2009

But see, an old man came in from his work in the field at evening, who also was from the mountains of Ephrayim. And he was sojourning in Giḇ‛ah, whereas the men of the place were Binyamites.

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

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

Psalm 104:23

Man goes out to his work, And to his labour, till evening.

Psalm 128:2

You shall eat the labour of your hands. Be blessed, and let it be well with you.

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth from vanity diminishes, But he who gathers by hand increases.

Proverbs 14:23

In all labour there is profit, But talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

Proverbs 24:27

Prepare your outside work, And make it fit for yourself in the field; Then you shall build your house.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that has been done under the heavens; this evil task Elohim has given to the sons of man, to be humbled by it.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

Sweet is the sleep of a labourer whether he eats little or much, but the plenty of the rich does not let him sleep.

Hosea 9:9

They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gib‛ah. He remembers their crookedness, He punishes their sins.

Ephesians 4:28

Let him who stole steal no more, but rather let him labour, working with his hands what is good, so that he has somewhat to share with those in need.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone does not wish to work, neither let him eat.

Judges 19:1

And it came to be in those days, when there was no sovereign in Yisra’ĕl, that there was a certain Lĕwite sojourning on the further side of the mountains of Ephrayim. And he took for himself a concubine from Bĕyth Leḥem in Yehuḏah.

Judges 19:14

And they passed over and went their way. And the sun went down on them near Giḇ‛ah, which belongs to Binyamin,

Judges 19:15

and they turned off there to go in to spend the night in Giḇ‛ah. So he went in, and he sat down in the open square of the city, for no one would take them into his house to spend the night.

Judges 19:17

And when he lifted up his eyes, he saw the traveller in the open square of the city. And the old man said, “Where are you going, and where do you come from?”