The King James Version Bible

Judges 19:16

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.

Cross References

  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 Bethlehemjudah.
  2. Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
  3. 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.
  4. And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
  5. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
  6. Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
  7. In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
  8. Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
  13. For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.