Verse 16

Now when it was evening they saw an old man coming back from his work in the fields; he was from the hill-country of Ephraim and was living in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 104:23 : 23 Man goes out to his work, and to his business, till the evening.
  • Judg 19:1 : 1 Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was living in the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he got for himself a servant-wife from Beth-lehem-judah.
  • Judg 19:14 : 14 So they went on their way; and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.
  • Gen 3:19 : 19 With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.
  • Ps 128:2 : 2 You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you.
  • Prov 13:11 : 11 Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.
  • Prov 14:23 : 23 In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.
  • Prov 24:27 : 27 Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.
  • Eccl 1:13 : 13 And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.
  • Eccl 5:12 : 12 There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun--wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall.
  • Eph 4:28 : 28 Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need.
  • 1 Thess 4:11-12 : 11 And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders; 12 That you may be respected by those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
  • 2 Thess 3:10 : 10 For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food.