Verse 15
And he saw that rest was good and the land was pleasing; so he let them put weights on his back and became a servant.
Referenced Verses
- Josh 14:15 : 15 In earlier times the name of Hebron had been Kiriath-arba, named after Arba, the greatest of the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.
- Judg 3:11 : 11 Then for forty years the land had peace, till the death of Othniel, the son of Kenaz.
- 2 Sam 7:1 : 1 Now when the king was living in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from war on every side;
- Ps 81:6 : 6 I took the weight from his back; his hands were made free from the baskets.
- Ezek 29:18 : 18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, made his army do hard work against Tyre, and the hair came off every head and every arm was rubbed smooth: but he and his army got no payment out of Tyre for the hard work which he had done against it.
- Matt 23:4 : 4 They make hard laws and put great weights on men's backs; but they themselves will not put a finger to them.