Judges 19:16

Tree of Life Version

Now behold, an old man was coming from his work in the field at evening. The man was of the hill country of Ephraim but dwelled in Gibeah, while the rest of the men of the place were Benjamites.

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your brow will you eat food, until you return to the ground, since from it were you taken. For you are dust, and to dust will you return.”

Psalm 104:23

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

Psalm 128:2

for you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be blessed and it will be good for you.

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth gained by fraud dwindles, but he who gathers by labor increases it.

Proverbs 14:23

In all hard work there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

Proverbs 24:27

Finish your outdoor work and get your fields ready. After that, build your house.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

I applied my heart to seek and examine by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a burdensome task God has given the sons of men to keep them occupied.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

There is a grievous wrong that I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded by its owner to his own hurt,

Hosea 9:9

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

Ephesians 4:28

The one who steals must steal no longer—instead he must work, doing something useful with his own hands, so he may have something to share with the one who has need.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

For even when we were with you, we would give you this order: if anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.

Judges 19:1

Now in those days, there was no king in Israel. There was a certain Levite dwelling in a remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, who got himself a concubine out of Bethlehem in Judah.

Judges 19:14

So they passed on and went their way, and the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.

Judges 19:15

Then they turned aside there to enter and lodge in Gibeah. When he went in, he sat down in the town square, for there was no one who took them into his house to spend the night.

Judges 19:17

When he lifted up his eyes and saw the wayfaring man in the open square of the town, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where do you come from?”