Verse 16

And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 104:23 : 23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
  • Judg 19:1 : 1 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.
  • Judg 19:14 : 14 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
  • Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
  • Ps 128:2 : 2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
  • Prov 13:11 : 11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
  • Prov 14:23 : 23 In all labour there is ofit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
  • Prov 24:27 : 27 epare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
  • Eccl 1:13 : 13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
  • Eccl 5:12 : 12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
  • Eph 4:28 : 28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
  • 1 Thess 4:11-12 : 11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
  • 2 Thess 3:10 : 10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.